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maim (verb)

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  • maim — ► VERB ▪ wound or injure (someone) so that part of the body is permanently damaged. ORIGIN Old French mahaignier …   English terms dictionary

  • maim — / mām/ vt: to mutilate, disfigure, or wound seriously compare mayhem Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. maim …   Law dictionary

  • maim´er — maim «maym», verb, noun, adjective. –v.t. 1. to cut off or make useless an arm, leg, ear, or the like, of; cripple; disable: »He lost two toes in the accident, but we were glad that he was not more seriously maimed. SYNONYM(S): mutilate, mangle.… …   Useful english dictionary

  • maim — [ meım ] verb transitive to injure someone seriously, especially permanently: The boy had been maimed in a train wreck …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • maim — verb (T) to wound or injure someone very seriously and often permanently: landmines that kill or maim people in the rural areas | maimed for life: Rod was maimed for life in a car smash …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • maim — verb To wound seriously; to cause permanent loss of function of a limb or part of the body. Syn: mutilate …   Wiktionary

  • maim — verb wound or injure (someone) so that part of the body is permanently damaged. Origin ME: from OFr. mahaignier, of unknown origin …   English new terms dictionary

  • maim — verb a dog maimed by a coyote Syn: injure, wound, cripple, disable, incapacitate, impair, mar, mutilate, lacerate, disfigure, deform, mangle …   Thesaurus of popular words

  • maim — verb Syn: injure, wound, cripple, disable, incapacitate, mutilate, disfigure, mangle …   Synonyms and antonyms dictionary

  • maim — [13] Maim and mayhem [15] are ultimately the same word. Both go back to a Vulgar Latin verb *mahagnāre ‘wound’, whose origins are unknown. This passed into Old French as mahaignier (whose probable Anglo Norman derivative *mahangler was the source …   The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • maim — [13] Maim and mayhem [15] are ultimately the same word. Both go back to a Vulgar Latin verb *mahagnāre ‘wound’, whose origins are unknown. This passed into Old French as mahaignier (whose probable Anglo Norman derivative *mahangler was the source …   Word origins

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