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disbowel
disbowel, v. (dɪsˈbaʊɪl) In 5 dysbowalyn. [f. dis- 7 a + bowel n.] trans. To take out the bowels of, eviscerate; = disembowel. lit. and fig.c 1440 Promp. Parv. 122 Dysbowalyn, eviscero, exentero. 1591 Spenser Ruins of Rome 383 A great Oke..halfe disbowel'd lies aboue the ground. 1708 Wilson, etc. tr...
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disgarboil
† disˈgarboil, v. Obs. [f. dis- 5 + garboil taken in sense ‘disbowel’, perh. through confusion with garbage: cf. prec.] trans. To disbowel.1566 Painter Pal. Pleas. (1575) II. Pref., Aristotimvs disgarboyleth the intralles of Tiranny. 1599 Broughton's Lett. iii. 13 Which sacrifice you could neuer yet...
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debowel
† deˈbowel, v. Obs. [de- II. 2.] = disbowel, disembowel.1375 Barbour Bruce xx. 285 He debowalit wes clenly, And bawlmyt syne full rychly. 1513 Douglas æneis iv. ii. 25 The beistis costis, as thai debowalit wer. a 1547 Surrey æneid iv. 80 With giftes that day, and beastes debowled.
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disembowel
disemˈbowel, v. [f. dis- 6 + embowel v. (in sense 3); but in sense 1 app. only an intensive of disbowel.] 1. trans. To remove the bowels or entrails of; to eviscerate; also, to rip up so as to cause the bowels to protrude.1613–8 Daniel Coll. Hist. Eng. (1626) 124 The Kings Physition disimbowelled hi...
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disen-
disen-, disem- Verbs in dis- are sometimes in sense negative or privative of those in em-, en-: e.g. en-franchise, dis-franchise; generally, however, verbs in em- or en- have dis- prefixed, as in dis-embarrass, dis-engage, dis-entwine. In not a few cases, both forms occur; e.g. disbowel = disembowel...
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