Definition of Dirempt

1. a. Divided; separated.

2. v. t. To separate by force; to tear apart.

Definition of Dirempt

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

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

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Dirempt

1. to separate into two [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Dirempt

directorships
directory
directoryless
directour
directours
directress
directresses
directrice
directrices
directrix
directrixes
directs
direful
direfully
direly
dirempt (current term)
dirempted
dirempting
diremption
diremptions
dirempts
direness
direnesses
direption
direr
direst
dirge
dirgeful
dirgelike
dirges

Literary usage of Dirempt

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Journal of Speculative Philosophy: Ed. by Wm. T. Harris edited by William Torrey Harris (1884)
"... it must dirempt itself; and, since it is to be infinitely con tem ... it must dirempt itself infinitely. The ground of the seeming diversity of the ..."

2. A Glossary; Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions to by Robert Nares, James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps, Thomas Wright (1867)
"... than her tongue to instruct him what he had to accuse himself of before the priest. Comical History of Francion, 1655. dirempt. Divided. ..."

3. Jamieson's Dictionary of the Scottish Language: In which the Words are by John Jamieson, John Johnstone (1867)
"dirempt, part. pa. Broken off. Pitscottie.—Lat. dirempt-vs. DIRK, adj. Thick-set ; strongly made. V. DURK. DIRK. ». A dagger. V. DCBI. ..."

4. The New Realism: Coöperative Studies in Philosophy by Edwin Bissell Holt (1912)
"Conception does not dirempt reality, and judgment is not the process of pasting its pieces together. Conception and judgment are, like all cognitions, ..."

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