Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for AM'PU-TATE
AM'PU-TATE, v.t. [L. amputo, of amb, about, and puto, to prune.]
- To prune branches of trees or vines; to cut off.
- To cut off a limb or other part of an animal body; a term of surgery.
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