guillotine

guil·lo·tine

G0306100 (gĭl′ə-tēn′, gē′ə-)n.1. A device consisting of a heavy blade held aloft between upright guides and dropped to behead a person condemned to die.2. An instrument, such as a paper cutter, similar in action to a guillotine.tr.v. guil·lo·tined, guil·lo·tin·ing, guil·lo·tines 1. To behead with a guillotine.2. To cut with a guillotine or sharp blade.

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[French, after Joseph Ignace Guillotin (1738-1814), French physician.]Word History: Ironically, the guillotine—the most notable symbol of the excesses of the French Revolution—was named for a humanitarian physician, Joseph Ignace Guillotin. On October 10, 1789, in a speech given before the French National Constituent Assembly (the legislature that governed France at the time), Guillotin recommended that executions be performed with a beheading device rather than by hanging, the method traditionally used for commoners, or by beheading with the sword, the method traditionally reserved for the nobility. Guillotin argued that beheading by machine was quicker and less painful than the work of the rope and the sword. In 1791 the Assembly did indeed adopt beheading by machine as the state's preferred method of execution. A beheading device designed by Dr. Antoine Louis, secretary of the College of Surgeons, was first used on April 25, 1792, to execute a highwayman. The device was called a louisette or louison after its inventor's name, but because of Guillotin's famous speech, his name became irrevocably associated with the machine. After Guillotin's death in 1814, his children tried unsuccessfully to get the device's name changed. When their efforts failed, they were allowed to change their name instead.

guillotine

n 1. (Law) a. a device for beheading persons, consisting of a weighted blade set between two upright postsb. the guillotine execution by this instrument 2. (Mechanical Engineering) a device for cutting or trimming sheet material, such as paper or sheet metal, consisting of a blade inclined at a small angle that descends onto the sheet 3. (Surgery) a surgical instrument for removing tonsils, growths in the throat, etc 4. (Parliamentary Procedure) Also called: closure by compartment (in Parliament, etc) a form of closure under which a bill is divided into compartments, groups of which must be completely dealt with each day vb (tr) 5. (Law) to behead (a person) by guillotine6. (Parliamentary Procedure) (in Parliament, etc) to limit debate on (a bill, motion, etc) by the guillotine [C18: from French, named after Joseph Ignace Guillotin (1738–1814), French physician, who advocated its use in 1789] ˌguilloˈtiner n

guil•lo•tine

art at guild (ˈgɪl əˌtin, ˈgi ə-; esp. for v. ˌgɪl əˈtin, ˌgi ə-)

n., v. -tined, -tin•ing. n. 1. a device for beheading a person, consisting of a heavy blade that drops between two posts serving to guide its fall. 2. any of various machines or instruments that cut powerfully and quickly, esp. one with a blade that drops vertically, as for trimming metal, paper, etc. v.t. 3. to behead by the guillotine. 4. to cut with or as if with a guillotine. [1785–95; < French, after J. I. Guillotin (1738–1814), French physician who urged its use]

guillotine

Past participle: guillotined
Gerund: guillotining

Imperative
guillotine
guillotine

Present
I guillotine
you guillotine
he/she/it guillotines
we guillotine
you guillotine
they guillotine

Preterite
I guillotined
you guillotined
he/she/it guillotined
we guillotined
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Present Continuous
I am guillotining
you are guillotining
he/she/it is guillotining
we are guillotining
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Present Perfect
I have guillotined
you have guillotined
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Past Continuous
I was guillotining
you were guillotining
he/she/it was guillotining
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you were guillotining
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Past Perfect
I had guillotined
you had guillotined
he/she/it had guillotined
we had guillotined
you had guillotined
they had guillotined

Future
I will guillotine
you will guillotine
he/she/it will guillotine
we will guillotine
you will guillotine
they will guillotine

Future Perfect
I will have guillotined
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he/she/it will have guillotined
we will have guillotined
you will have guillotined
they will have guillotined

Future Continuous
I will be guillotining
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you will be guillotining
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Present Perfect Continuous
I have been guillotining
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he/she/it has been guillotining
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you have been guillotining
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Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been guillotining
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he/she/it will have been guillotining
we will have been guillotining
you will have been guillotining
they will have been guillotining

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been guillotining
you had been guillotining
he/she/it had been guillotining
we had been guillotining
you had been guillotining
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Conditional
I would guillotine
you would guillotine
he/she/it would guillotine
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you would guillotine
they would guillotine

Past Conditional
I would have guillotined
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he/she/it would have guillotined
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you would have guillotined
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guillotine

An execution machine named for its inventor and first used in April 1792. Also called “the national razor.”

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	guillotine - closure imposed on the debate of specific sections of a billclosure by compartmentcloture, gag law, gag rule, closure - a rule for limiting or ending debate in a deliberative body
	2.	guillotine - instrument of execution that consists of a weighted blade between two vertical poles; used for beheading peopleinstrument of execution - an instrument designed and used to take the life of a condemned person
Verb	1.	guillotine - kill by cutting the head off with a guillotine; "The French guillotined many Vietnamese while they occupied the country"behead, decapitate, decollate - cut the head of; "the French King was beheaded during the Revolution"

Translations

切纸机斩首断头台用切纸机切纸

guillotine

(ˈgilətiːn) noun1. in France, an instrument for cutting criminals' heads off. 斷頭台 断头台2. a machine for cutting paper. 切紙機 切纸机 verb to cut the head off (a person) or to cut (paper) with a guillotine. 斷頭，用切紙機切 斩首，用切纸机切纸