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de⋅ment

  [di-ment]
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–verb (used with object) Obsolete.
to make mad or insane.
Origin:
1535–45; < LL dēmentāre to deprive of mind, equiv. to L dēment- (s. of dēmēns) out of one's mind (dē- de- + ment- (s. of mēns) mind) + -āre inf. suffix
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de·ment   (dĭ-měnt')   
tr.v.   de·ment·ed, de·ment·ing, de·ments

  1. To make (a person) insane.

  2. To cause (a person) to lose intellectual capacity.


[Late Latin dēmentāre, from Latin dēmēns, dēment-, senseless : dē-, de- + mēns, mind; see men-1 in Indo-European roots.]
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