Etymology

belimb

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Today it means: To cut off a limb or limbs; dismember; mutilate; disfigure. Full definition →

Middle English belimien
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  1. Middle English · inherited frombelimien“to dismember”
  2. English todaybelimb

From Middle English belimien (“to dismember”), equivalent to be- (“off, away”) + limb.

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