Dismembrate

/dɪsˈmɛmbreɪt/ verb

Definition

A rare or archaic variant meaning to dismember or tear apart into pieces.

Etymology

An alternative form of dismember, possibly influenced by Latin dismembratus or formed with the Latin -ate suffix; this form appears primarily in older English texts and is considered obsolete in modern usage.

Kelly Says

This is a 'ghost word' territory—it appears in some historical dictionaries but so rarely in actual literature that we're never quite sure if it was a genuine variant or a scribe's error that got copied into reference books.

Translations

AMአማርኛ
አንድ አንድ በላለ
and and bela-le
ARالعربية
يُفْصِل
yu-f-sil
BNবাংলা
শরীর ভাঙা
sharir bhangaa
CACatalà
desmembrar
des-mem-brar
CSČeština
rozčlenit
roz-chlen-it
DADansk
afskille
af-ski-le
DEDeutsch
zerlegen
tser-le-gen
ELΕλληνικά
διασπάσει
dia-spa-sei
ESEspañol
desmembrar
des-mem-brar
FAفارسی
شکستن
shek-sten
FISuomi
murskaa
mur-skaa
FRFrançais
démembrer
de-mem-breh
GUGU
ભાગે ભાગે કરવું
bhaage bhaage karvu
HAHA
fada
fa-da
HEעברית
להפריד
le-hi-frid
HIहिन्दी
शव-भंग
shav-bhang
HUMagyar
szétszed
shet-sed
IDBahasa Indonesia
membuang bagian
mem-baung ba-gian
IGIG
gbaa
gbaa
ITItaliano
dismembrare
dis-mem-bare
JA日本語
解体する
kaita suru
KKKK
жұрттау
jurttau
KMKM
បំផ្លាញ
pom-phla-nyan
KO한국어
분해하다
bun-hae-hada
MRMR
भाजवणे
bhaa-jav-ne
MSBahasa Melayu
membuang anggota
mem-baung an-gota
MYမြန်မာ
ပြုတ်
pyuht
NLNederlands
ontleden
ont-le-den
NONorsk
skille opp
skill-e opp
PAPA
ਖੰਡ
khan-d
PLPolski
rozczłonkuj
roz-chlon-kuj
PTPortuguês
desmembrar
des-mem-brar
RORomână
dezmembra
dez-mem-bra
RUРусский
разчленить
raz-chlen-it'
SVSvenska
avlipa
av-li-pa
SWKiswahili
kufuta vipande
ku-fu-ta vi-pan-de
TAதமிழ்
உடலைப் பிரித்தல்
udalaipp riththal
TEతెలుగు
శరీరము విడగడం
shariram vidagadam
THไทย
แยกสมาชิก
yaek sama-chik
TLTL
hiwalayin ang mga bahagi
hi-wa-lay-in ang mga ba-ha-gi
TRTürkçe
parçalayın
par-cha-lay-in
UKУкраїнська
розчленовувати
roz-chlen-ovuvaty
URاردو
مَشْقُ
mashqoo
VITiếng Việt
mổ xác
mo-xac
YOYO
ṣẹ́ṣẹ́
she-she
ZH中文
肢解
zhī jiě
ZUZU
ukususa
oo-koo-soo-sa

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