verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb

1. 1
   To cut off a limb or limbs; dismember; mutilate; disfigure. obsolete, transitive

Etymology

From Middle English belimien (“to dismember”), equivalent to be- (“off, away”) + limb.

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