amputatedadj.
a. Cut off, as a limb, etc.
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amputated1722
1722 W. Cheselden Anat. Humane Body (ed. 2) iii. viii. 180 A Limb that has had part Amputated.
1749 J. Wesley Primitive Physic (1765) 38 This will stop the Bleeding of an amputated Limb.
1858 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia II. vi. iii. 35 Lame of a foot, foot lately amputated of two toes.
b. fig. Pruned, excised.
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amputated1824
1824 T. F. Dibdin Libr. Compan. 66 An octavo edition of them appeared in a very amputated and imperfect state.
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