ampute

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verb

To amputate (a limb).

OriginFrench amputer ← Latin amputāre →
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Meanings

verbampute (third-person singular simple present amputes, present participle amputing, simple past and past participle amputed)

present singular third person amputes · participle present amputing · participle past amputed · past amputed

  1. archaicraretransitiveTo amputate (a limb).

    Besides the loss already mentioned, the 49th had three officers and four men wounded. Some of our officers were wounded severely, Lieutenant Lane having had his arm amputed upon the field.

    1844, W[illiam] D[allas] Bernard, Narrative of the Voyages and Services of the Nemesis, from 1840 to 1843; […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, page 296

Origin

  1. Latinamputāre
  2. Frenchamputer“to amputate”
  3. Englishampute

Borrowed from French amputer (“to amputate”) or its etymon Latin amputāre, amputō. Doublet of amputate, which was borrowed through the past participle amputātus.

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APA

ampute. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ampute

MLA

“ampute.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ampute. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ampute,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ampute.

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