Get Affordable VMs - excellent virtual server hosting


browse words by letter
a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z

maimedmore about maimed

maimed

 

  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Maim  \Maim\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Maimed};p.  pr  &  vb  n. 
  {Maiming}.]  [OE.  maimen,  OF  mahaignier  mehaignier 
  meshaignier  cf  It  magagnare  LL  mahemiare  mahennare 
  perh.  of  Celtic  origin;  cf  Armor.  mac'ha?a  to  mutilate, 
  m[=a]c'ha  to  crowd,  press;  or  cf  OHG.  mang?n  to  lack,  perh. 
  akin  to  E.  mangle  to  lacerate.  Cf  {Mayhem}.] 
  1.  To  deprive  of  the  use  of  a  limb,  so  as  to  render  a  person 
  on  fighting  less  able  either  to  defend  himself  or  to  annoy 
  his  adversary. 
 
  By  the  ancient  law  of  England  he  that  maimed  any  man 
  whereby  he  lost  any  part  of  his  body,  was  sentenced 
  to  lose  the  like  part  --Blackstone. 
 
  2.  To  mutilate;  to  cripple;  to  injure;  to  disable;  to  impair. 
 
  My  late  maimed  limbs  lack  wonted  might  --Spenser. 
 
  You  maimed  the  jurisdiction  of  all  bishops.  --Shak. 
 
  Syn:  To  mutilate;  mangle;  cripple. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  maimed 
  adj  1:  badly  injured,  perhaps  with  amputation;  "the  maimed  right 
  hand  twisted  and  clutched"-  P.B.Kyne;  "mutilated 
  victims  of  the  rocket  attack"  [syn:  {mutilated}] 
  2:  having  a  part  of  the  body  crippled  or  disabled  [syn:  {mutilated}] 
  n  :  people  who  are  wounded;  "they  had  to  leave  the  wounded  where 
  they  fell"  [syn:  {wounded}]




more about maimed