English

Adjective

dirempt ‎(not comparable)

1. (obsolete, past participial) Distinct; separate; secrete; divided.

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Synonyms

• dirempted (past participial adjective)

Etymology 2

From the Latin *diremptō, frequentative of dirimō.

Verb

dirempt ‎(third-person singular simple present dirempts, present participle dirempting, simple past and past participle dirempted)

1. (transitive) To separate; to divide; to break off.

   "What is thus dirempted, which constitutes the parts thought of as in the law, exhibits itself as a stable existence; and if the parts are considered without the Notion of the inner difference, then space time, or distance and velocity, which appear as moments of gravity, are just as indifferent and without necessary relation to one another as to gravity itself, or, as this simple gravity is indifferent to them, or, again, as simple electricity is indifferent to positive and negative electricity." Georg Hegel, Phenomenology of Spirit, paragraph 161

Derived terms

• dirempted (past participial adjective)
• diremption

Related terms

• diriment

References

• “†diˈrempt, ppl. a.” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2^nd Ed.; 1989]
• OED2 opere citato, “diˈrempt, v.”