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De - Pt| English Dictionary: dismemberment | by the DICT Development Group |
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| From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Dismemberment \Dis*mem"ber*ment\, n. [Cf. OF. desmembrement, F. d[82]membrement.] The act of dismembering, or the state of being dismembered; cutting in piece; m[?]tilation; division; separation. The Castilians would doubtless have resented the dismemberment of the unwieldy body of which they formed the head. --Macaulay. | |
