depiece
UK/diːˈpiːs/
depiece verb: to remove pieces from; to take apart, disassemble.
Verb
depiece (third-person singular simple present depieces, present participle depiecing, simple past and past participle depieced)
- To remove pieces from; to take apart, disassemble.
- Mind, being an action of the Infinite, depieces as well as aggregates ad infinitum.1920, Sri Aurobindo, The Life Divine, Lotus Press, published 2000, page 180
- An ornate set of symbolically retaliatory tortures [...] proceeded with quasi-liturgical exactitude, climaxing in the efforts of four champing horses to pull Damiens's limbs out from his body (in a gruesome twist, his body stubbornly refused to be depieced, and had to be further chopped and...2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin, published 2003, page 231
Forms of depiece
| third-person singular present | depieces |
|---|---|
| present participle | depiecing |
| past participle | depieced |
| past | depieced |
Origin of depiece
From de- + piece.
Questions about depiece
- What does depiece mean?
- Depiece means to remove pieces from; to take apart, disassemble.
- What part of speech is depiece?
- Depiece is a verb.
- How do you pronounce depiece?
- Depiece is pronounced /diːˈpiːs/ (UK).
- What is the past tense of depiece?
- The past tense of depiece is depieced.
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