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am·pu·tate    Audio Help   [am-pyoo-teyt] Pronunciation Key
–verb (used with object), -tat·ed, -tat·ing.
1.to cut off (all or part of a limb or digit of the body), as by surgery.
2.to prune, lop off, or remove: Because of space limitations the editor amputated the last two paragraphs of the news report.
3.Obsolete. to prune, as branches of trees.
[Origin: 1630–40; < L amputātus pruned, trimmed (ptp. of amputāre), equiv. to am(bi) around (cf. ambi-) + put- trim + -ātus -ate1]

—Related forms
am·pu·ta·tion, noun
am·pu·ta·tive, adjective
am·pu·ta·tor, noun
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am·pu·tate    Audio Help   (ām'pyŏŏ-tāt')  Pronunciation Key 
tr.v.   am·pu·tat·ed, am·pu·tat·ing, am·pu·tates
To cut off (a projecting body part), especially by surgery.


[Latin amputāre, amputāt-, to cut around : am-, ambi-, around; see ambi- + putāre, to cut; see pau-2 in Indo-European roots.]

am'pu·ta'tion n., am'pu·ta'tor n.
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amputate

verb
remove surgically; "amputate limbs" 

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Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary (Beta Version) - Cite This Source
amputate [ˈӕmpjuteit] verb
(of a surgeon etc) to cut off (an arm or leg etc)
Example: They are going to have to amputate (his left leg).
Arabic: يَبْتُر (ساقاً)
Chinese (Simplified): 截（肢）
Chinese (Traditional): 截(肢)
Czech: amputovat
Danish: amputere
Dutch: afzetten
Estonian: amputeerima
Finnish: amputoida
French: amputer
German: amputieren
Greek: κόβω, ακρωτηριάζω
Hungarian: amputál
Icelandic: aflima
Indonesian: memotong
Italian: amputare
Japanese: 切断する
Korean: (외과 수술에서 팔·다리 등을) 절단하다
Latvian: amputēt
Lithuanian: amputuoti , nupjauti
Norwegian: amputere
Polish: amputować
Portuguese (Brazil): amputar
Portuguese (Portugal): amputar
Romanian: a amputa
Russian: ампутировать
Slovak: amputovať
Slovenian: amputirati
Spanish: amputar
Swedish: amputera
Turkish: (bir uzvu) kesip atmak
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am·pu·tate (mpy-tt)
v. am·pu·tat·ed, am·pu·tat·ing, am·pu·tates

To cut off a part of the body, especially by surgery.

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Main Entry: am·pu·tate
Pronunciation: 'am-py&-"tAt
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Forms: -tat·ed; -tat·ing
: to cut (as a limb) from the body —am·pu·ta·tion /"am-py&-'tA-sh&n/ noun

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source

Amputate

Am"pu*tate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Amputated; p. pr. & vb. n. Amputating.] [L. amputatus, p. p. of amputare: amb- + putare to prune, putus clean, akin to E. pure. See Putative.]

1. To prune or lop off, as branches or tendrils.

2. (Surg.) To cut off (a limb or projecting part of the body). --Wiseman.
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Amputate

Pu"ta*tive\, a. [L. putativus, fr. putare, putatum, to reckon, suppose, adjust, prune, cleanse. See Pure, and cf. Amputate, Compute, Dispute, Impute.] Commonly thought or deemed; supposed; reputed; as, the putative father of a child. "His other putative (I dare not say feigned) friends." --E. Hall.

Thus things indifferent, being esteemed useful or pious, became customary, and then came for reverence into a putative and usurped authority. --Jer. Taylor.
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