Unlimb
verb
verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 To remove a limb or limbs from. transitive
"[…] 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 […]"
Example
More examples"[…] 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 […]"
Etymology
From un- + limb.
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