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ampute

ampute verb: to amputate (a limb).

Verb

ampute (third-person singular simple present amputes, present participle amputing, simple past and past participle amputed)

  1. (archaic, rare, transitive) To amputate (a limb).
    • Besides the loss already mentioned, the 49th had three officers and four men wounded. Some of our officers were wounded severely, Lieutenant Lane having had his arm amputed upon the field.1844, W[illiam] D[allas] Bernard, Narrative of the Voyages and Services of the Nemesis, from 1840 to 1843; […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, page 296

Forms of ampute

third-person singular presentamputes
present participleamputing
past participleamputed
pastamputed

Origin of ampute

Borrowed from French amputer (“to amputate”) or its etymon Latin amputāre, amputō. Doublet of amputate, which was borrowed through the past participle amputātus.

Questions about ampute

What does ampute mean?
Ampute means to amputate (a limb).
What part of speech is ampute?
Ampute is a verb.
What is the past tense of ampute?
The past tense of ampute is amputed.

Words near ampute in the dictionary

  1. amputational
  2. amputations
  3. amputative
  4. amputator
  5. amputators
  6. ampute
  7. amputed
  8. amputee
  9. amputee identity disorder
  10. amputeeism
  11. amputees

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