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unlimbed

unlimbed is the simple past and past participle of unlimb.

Meaning of unlimb

Verb

unlimb (third-person singular simple present unlimbs, present participle unlimbing, simple past and past participle unlimbed)

  1. (transitive) To remove a limb or limbs from.
    • […] at intervals during the passage, he was a raving lunatic; and, though unlimbed of a leg, yet such vital strength yet lurked in his Egyptian chest, and was moreover intensified by his delirium […]1851 November 14, Herman Melville, Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC

Questions about unlimbed

What is unlimbed the simple past and past participle of?
Unlimbed is the simple past and past participle of unlimb.

Words near unlimbed in the dictionary

  1. unlikening
  2. unlikens
  3. unlikes
  4. unliking
  5. unlimb
  6. unlimbed
  7. unlimber
  8. unlimbered
  9. unlimbering
  10. unlimbers
  11. unlimbing

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