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dirempts

UK/dɪˈɹɛmpts/

dirempts is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 dirempts

What is dirempts the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Dirempts is the third-person singular simple present indicative of dirempt.
How do you pronounce dirempts?
Dirempts is pronounced /dɪˈɹɛmpts/ (UK).

Words near dirempts in the dictionary

  1. dirempt
  2. dirempted
  3. dirempting
  4. diremption
  5. diremptions
  6. dirempts
  7. direness
  8. direnesses
  9. direption
  10. direptions
  11. direr

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