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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Demembrat, p.p. [ppl. stem of med. L. demembrare Demember v.] Dismembered. —1584 Reg. Privy C. III. 725.
[The two] woundit him in the thowme … and hes mutilat and demembrat him of the samin