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“amputate”
amputate, amputates; amputated; amputating (verbs)
1. To cut off a projecting body part, a limb, or other appendage of the body; especially, in a surgical operation; literally, "to cut around".
2. Etymology: from the Mid-16th century Latin amputat-, past participle of amputare, "cut around" from ambi-, "around" plus putare "to cut".
2. Etymology: from the Mid-16th century Latin amputat-, past participle of amputare, "cut around" from ambi-, "around" plus putare "to cut".
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ambi-, amb-, ambo- +
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put-, puta-, -pute, -puter, -puting, -putate, -putation, -putative
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