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Webster 1913 Edition
Dismember
Dis-mem′ber
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Dismembered
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Dismembering
.] 1.
To tear limb from limb; to dilacerate; to disjoin member from member; to tear or cut in pieces; to break up.
Fowls obscene
dismembered
his remains. Pope.
A society lacerated and
dismembered
. Gladstone.
By whose hands the blow should be struck which would
dismember
that once mighty empire. Buckle.
2.
To deprive of membership.
[Obs.]
Syn. – To disjoint; dislocate; dilacerate; mutilate; divide; sever.
Webster 1828 Edition
Dismember
DISMEMBER
,Verb.
T.
1.
To divide limb from limb; to separate a member from the body; to tear or cut in pieces; to dilacerate; to mutilate.Fowls obscene dismembered his remains.
2.
To separate a part from the main body; to divide; to sever; as, to dismember an empire, kingdom or republic. Poland was dismembered by the neighboring powers.