Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for DIS-MEM'BER-MENT
DIS-MEM'BER-MENT, n.
The act of severing a limb or limbs from the body; the act of tearing or cutting in pieces; mutilation; the act of severing a part from the main body; division; separation. He pointed out the danger of a dismemberment of the republic. – Hist. of Poland. Encyc.
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