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disbranches

disbranches is the third-person singular simple present indicative of disbranch.

Meaning of disbranch

Verb

disbranch (third-person singular simple present disbranches, present participle disbranching, simple past and past participle disbranched)

  1. (transitive) To remove a branch or branches.
    • There is no tree admits of transplantation so well as the Elm, for a tree of twenty years growth will admit of a remove. Mr. Evelyn says, he has removed them twice as big as a man's waist ; but then they were totally disbranched, the top being left only intire […]1761, John Mordant, The Complete Steward
  2. (intransitive) To tear away; to break off.
    • She that herself will sliver and disbranch
      From her material sap, perforce must wither,
      And come to deadly use.c. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of King Lear”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount...

Questions about disbranches

What is disbranches the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Disbranches is the third-person singular simple present indicative of disbranch.

Words near disbranches in the dictionary

  1. disbowelled
  2. disbowelling
  3. disbowels
  4. disbranch
  5. disbranched
  6. disbranches
  7. disbranching
  8. Disbrow
  9. Disbrowe
  10. Disbrowes
  11. Disbrows

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