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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024am•pu•tate /ˈæmpyʊˌteɪt/USA pronunciation v. [~ + object], -tat•ed, -tat•ing. - Surgeryto cut off surgically (all or part of a limb or digit of the body):forced to amputate her leg.
am•pu•ta•tion /ˌæmpyʊˈteɪʃən/USA pronunciation n. [uncountable* countable]See -pute-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024am•pu•tate (am′pyŏŏ tāt′),USA pronunciation v.t., -tat•ed, -tat•ing. - Surgeryto cut off (all or part of a limb or digit of the body), as by surgery.
- to prune, lop off, or remove:Because of space limitations the editor amputated the last two paragraphs of the news report.
- Botany[Obs.]to prune, as branches of trees.
- Latin amputātus pruned, trimmed (past participle of amputāre), equivalent. to am(bi) around (compare ambi-) + put- trim + -ātus -ate1
- 1630–40
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