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amputed

amputed is the simple past and past participle of ampute.

Meaning of ampute

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

Questions about amputed

What is amputed the simple past and past participle of?
Amputed is the simple past and past participle of ampute.

Words near amputed in the dictionary

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

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