dismembermentn.

Etymology: < dismember v. + -ment suffix: compare Old French desmembrement, modern French dé-.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: disˈmemberment.

1. The act of depriving of members or limbs, or of dividing limb from limb.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > injury > maiming or mutilation > [noun] > action of

dismemberingc1386

mutilating1562

laming1583

dismembration1597

mutilation1611

dismemberment1815

1815 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. I. ii. 59 The..dismemberments, and lingering deaths that insects often suffer.

1816 M. Keating Trav. (1817) I. 245 Thus dismemberment is now the usual punishment for crimes, whereby death is supposed to be earned.

a. transferred and figurative. Division of a whole into parts or sections, so as to destroy its integrity; cutting to pieces, partition (e.g. of a country or empire).

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the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > action of dividing or divided condition > [noun]

partinga1382

distinctiona1387

partition1517

quartering1555

distincting1570

distinguishing1587

dividedness1656

scission1676

dismembering1677

dismemberment1727

splitting1737

repulsion1771

dipartition1838

splitting1847

piecemealing1853

diaeresis1856

fission1865

split-up1878

1727 Visct. Bolingbroke Occas. Writer No. 2. 36 To prevent the Dismemberment of their Monarchy.

1773 Ann. Reg. 1772 2 The present violent dismemberment and partition of Poland.

1849 R. Cobden Speeches 69 Now, don't give faith to the idea..that self-government for the colonies is the same thing as dismemberment of the empire.

1867 Felton's Greece, Anc. & Mod. I. 111 Modern criticism has..attempted the same process of dismemberment as with the Iliad.

b. Separation from the main body. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > [noun] > separating from main body

scattering1382

segregation1617

singling1625

dismemberment1838

off-break1866

split-off1935

1838 W. H. Prescott Hist. Reign Ferdinand & Isabella (1846) I. ii Aversion..to the dismemberment of their country from the Aragonese monarchy.

1838 W. H. Prescott Hist. Reign Ferdinand & Isabella I. i. v. 154 Isabella..would not consent to the dismemberment of a single inch of the Castilian territory.

c. quasi-concrete. A detached part formed by separation from the main body.

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the world > life > biology > physical aspects or shapes > physical arrangement or condition > [noun] > shedding or detaching > detached part

dismemberment1830

1830 J. Lindley Introd. Nat. Syst. Bot. 98 This order approaches more near to Urticeæ and Cupuliferæ than either Plataneæ or Salicineæ, which may be considered dismemberments of it.

1873 St. G. Mivart Lessons Elem. Anat. iv. 169 An extra bone which exists in many vertebrates..is most probably a dismemberment of the scaphoid.

3. Expulsion or cutting off from membership.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > social relations > lack of social communication or relations > exclusion from society > [noun] > expulsion from membership

unmembering1658

dismemberment1659

1659 T. Burton Diary (1828) III. 262 Reports from the Committee of Privileges and Dismemberment.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	dismemberment
释义	dismembermentn. Etymology: < dismember v. + -ment suffix: compare Old French desmembrement, modern French dé-.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: disˈmemberment. 1. The act of depriving of members or limbs, or of dividing limb from limb. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > injury > maiming or mutilation > [noun] > action of dismemberingc1386 mutilating1562 laming1583 dismembration1597 mutilation1611 dismemberment1815 1815 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. I. ii. 59 The..dismemberments, and lingering deaths that insects often suffer. 1816 M. Keating Trav. (1817) I. 245 Thus dismemberment is now the usual punishment for crimes, whereby death is supposed to be earned. 2. a. transferred and figurative. Division of a whole into parts or sections, so as to destroy its integrity; cutting to pieces, partition (e.g. of a country or empire). ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > action of dividing or divided condition > [noun] partinga1382 distinctiona1387 partition1517 quartering1555 distincting1570 distinguishing1587 dividedness1656 scission1676 dismembering1677 dismemberment1727 splitting1737 repulsion1771 dipartition1838 splitting1847 piecemealing1853 diaeresis1856 fission1865 split-up1878 1727 Visct. Bolingbroke Occas. Writer No. 2. 36 To prevent the Dismemberment of their Monarchy. 1773 Ann. Reg. 1772 2 The present violent dismemberment and partition of Poland. 1849 R. Cobden Speeches 69 Now, don't give faith to the idea..that self-government for the colonies is the same thing as dismemberment of the empire. 1867 Felton's Greece, Anc. & Mod. I. 111 Modern criticism has..attempted the same process of dismemberment as with the Iliad. b. Separation from the main body. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > [noun] > separating from main body scattering1382 segregation1617 singling1625 dismemberment1838 off-break1866 split-off1935 1838 W. H. Prescott Hist. Reign Ferdinand & Isabella (1846) I. ii Aversion..to the dismemberment of their country from the Aragonese monarchy. 1838 W. H. Prescott Hist. Reign Ferdinand & Isabella I. i. v. 154 Isabella..would not consent to the dismemberment of a single inch of the Castilian territory. c. quasi-concrete. A detached part formed by separation from the main body. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > physical aspects or shapes > physical arrangement or condition > [noun] > shedding or detaching > detached part dismemberment1830 1830 J. Lindley Introd. Nat. Syst. Bot. 98 This order approaches more near to Urticeæ and Cupuliferæ than either Plataneæ or Salicineæ, which may be considered dismemberments of it. 1873 St. G. Mivart Lessons Elem. Anat. iv. 169 An extra bone which exists in many vertebrates..is most probably a dismemberment of the scaphoid. 3. Expulsion or cutting off from membership. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social relations > lack of social communication or relations > exclusion from society > [noun] > expulsion from membership unmembering1658 dismemberment1659 1659 T. Burton Diary (1828) III. 262 Reports from the Committee of Privileges and Dismemberment. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1659
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