bemaimv.
/bɪˈmeɪm/ transitive. In intensive use: = maim v. 1.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > injury > maiming or mutilation > maim or mutilate [verb (transitive)]
wemc900
slaya1000
alithOE
hamblea1050
belimbc1225
dismember1297
lamec1300
maimc1325
shearc1330
unablec1380
emblemishc1384
magglec1425
magc1450
demember1491
disablea1492
manglea1500
menyie?a1513
mayhem1533
mutilatec1570
martyr1592
stump1596
bemaim1605
cripplea1616
martyrize1615
deartuate1623
hamstring1641
becripple1660
limb1674
truncate1727
dislimb1855
1605 J. Stow Annales (new ed.) 673 Spoiled of their goods, bemaimed and slaine.
1881 A. J. Duffield tr. M. de Cervantes Don Quixote II. 422 Envious fate..Struck down Cervantes and bemaimed his hand.
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