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dirempted

/dɪˈɹɛmptɪd/

dirempted is the simple past and past participle of dirempt.

Meaning of dirempt

Verb

dirempt (third-person singular simple present dirempts, present participle dirempting, simple past and past participle dirempted)

  1. (transitive, principally in philosophy) To separate; to divide; to break off.
    • But does it not seem more proper to call this the feeling's quality than its content? Does not the word 'content' suggest that the feeling has already dirempted itself as an act from its content as an object?1909, William James, “The Function of Cognition”, in The Meaning of Truth

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Questions about dirempted

What is dirempted the simple past and past participle of?
Dirempted is the simple past and past participle of dirempt.
How do you pronounce dirempted?
Dirempted is pronounced /dɪˈɹɛmptɪd/.

Words near dirempted in the dictionary

  1. direful
  2. direfully
  3. direfulness
  4. direly
  5. dirempt
  6. dirempted
  7. dirempting
  8. diremption
  9. diremptions
  10. dirempts
  11. direness

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