† despiecev.
Obsolete.
To cut in pieces.
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the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > cutting > cut [verb (transitive)] > cut to pieces
to-carvec950
forhewa1000
forcarveOE
to-hackc1000
to-hewc1000
to-slivec1050
to-brittenc1175
shredc1275
to-snedc1275
to-race1297
smitec1300
dismember1303
hewa1382
hew1382
to-cut1382
forcutc1386
brit?a1400
splatc1400
to-shredc1405
upshear1430
detrench1470
dispiece1477
thrusche1483
till-hew1487
despiecea1492
rip1530
share?1566
hash1591
shamble1601
becut1630
betrench1656
mincemeat1861
becarve1863
a1492 W. Caxton tr. Vitas Patrum (1495) i. lxiv. f. cxiiii/2 Many marters had ben despieced in to pyeces.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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v.a1492- to put before
- to put before to
- to put behind
- to put beside her purpose
- to put beside his purpose
- to put beside the saddle
- to put besides
- to put bread on the table
- to put bums on seats
- to put by
- to put by the gate
- to put case
- to put daylight into
- to put daylight through
- to put diligence
- to put distance between
- to put do to the sword
- to put dots on
- to put down
- to put down a marker
- to put down one's neck
- to put down roots
- to put down to grass
- to receive in trust
- to receive light