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Webster 1913 Edition


Disembody

Disˊem-bod′y

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Disembodied
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Disembodying
.]
1.
To divest of the body or corporeal existence.
Devils embodied and
disembodied
.
Sir W. Scott.
2.
(Mil.)
To disarm and disband, as a body of soldiers.
Wilhelm.

Webster 1828 Edition


Disembody

DISEMBODY

,
Verb.
T.
1.
To divest of body; to free from flesh.
2.
To discharge from military array.

Definition 2024


disembody

disembody

English

Verb

disembody (third-person singular simple present disembodies, present participle disembodying, simple past and past participle disembodied)

  1. To cause someone's soul, spirit, consciousness, voice, etc, to become separated from the physical body.
  2. To separate (a part of the body) from the body.
    • 1982, William Buchan, John Buchan: a memoir, page 109:
      "[he] wore the high, stiff collars which were the fashion of the day: in pictures these tend to disembody his head, making him look constrained, uncomfortable, yet they remained his choice."
    • 2015, Marlys Millhiser, Nightmare Country (ISBN 1504010205):
      Jerusha turned, a flush on her cheeks that wasn't makeup, a swath of steam from the vaporizer swirling around her chest, disembodying her head.

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