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Webster 1913 Edition
Maim
Maim
(mām)
, Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Maimed
(māmd)
;p. pr. & vb. n.
Maiming
.] [OE.
maimen
, OF. mahaignier
, mehaignier
, meshaignier
, cf. It. magagnare
, LL. mahemiare
, mahennare
; perh. of Celtic origin; cf. Armor. mac’haña
to mutilate, māc'ha
to crowd, press; or cf. OHG. mangōn
to lack, perh. akin to E. mangle
to lacerate. Cf. Mayhem
.] 1.
To deprive of the use of a limb, so as to render a person in fighting less able either to defend himself or to annoy his adversary.
By the ancient law of England he that
maimed
any man whereby he lost any part of his body, was sentenced to lose the like part. Blackstone.
2.
To mutilate; to cripple; to injure; to disable; to impair.
My late
maimed
limbs lack wonted might. Spenser.
You
maimed
the jurisdiction of all bishops. Shakespeare
Syn. – To mutilate; mangle; cripple.
1.
The privation of the use of a limb or member of the body, by which one is rendered less able to defend himself or to annoy his adversary.
2.
The privation of any necessary part; a crippling; mutilation; injury; deprivation of something essential. See
Mayhem
. Surely there is more cause to fear lest the want there of be a
maim
than the use of it a blemish. Hooker.
A noble author esteems it to be a
maim
in history that the acts of Parliament should not be recited. Hayward.
Webster 1828 Edition
Maim
MAIM
, v.t.1.
To deprive of the use of a limb, so as to render a person less able to defend himself in fighting, or to annoy his adversary.2.
To deprive of a necessary part; to cripple; to disable. You maim'd the jurisdiction of all bishops.
MAIM
,Noun.
1.
The privation of the use of a limb or member of the body, so as to render the sufferer less able to defend himself or to annoy his adversary.2.
The privation of any necessary part; a crippling. Surely there is more cause to fear lest the want thereof be a maim, than the use of it a blemish.
3.
Injury; mischief.4.
Essential defect. A noble author esteems it to be a maim in history. [Not used.]