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Webster 1913 Edition
Disembody
Disˊem-bod′y
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Disembodied
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Disembodying
.] 1.
To divest of the body or corporeal existence.
Devils embodied and
disembodied
. Sir W. Scott.
2.
(Mil.)
To disarm and disband, as a body of soldiers.
Wilhelm.
Webster 1828 Edition
Disembody
DISEMBODY
,Verb.
T.
1.
To divest of body; to free from flesh.2.
To discharge from military array.Definition 2024
disembody
disembody
English
Verb
disembody (third-person singular simple present disembodies, present participle disembodying, simple past and past participle disembodied)
- To cause someone's soul, spirit, consciousness, voice, etc, to become separated from the physical body.
- To separate (a part of the body) from the body.
- 1982, William Buchan, John Buchan: a memoir, page 109:
- "[he] wore the high, stiff collars which were the fashion of the day: in pictures these tend to disembody his head, making him look constrained, uncomfortable, yet they remained his choice."
- 2015, Marlys Millhiser, Nightmare Country (ISBN 1504010205):
- Jerusha turned, a flush on her cheeks that wasn't makeup, a swath of steam from the vaporizer swirling around her chest, disembodying her head.
- 1982, William Buchan, John Buchan: a memoir, page 109:
Derived terms
Translations
to cause one's soul, spirit, or consciousness to become separated from the physical body
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