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Definition
to cut or pull off limbs or other parts of a body
or:
to divide into pieces — especially destructively
or:
to divide into pieces — especially destructively
- ...usurer, abound'st in all, And usest none in that true use indeed Which should bedeck thy shape, thy love, thy wit: Thy noble shape is but a form of wax, Digressing from the valour of a man; Thy dear love sworn, but hollow perjury, Killing that love which thou hast vow'd to cherish; Thy wit, that ornament to shape and love, Mis-shapen in the conduct of them both, Like powder in a skilless soldier's flask, Is set a-fire by thine own ignorance, And thou dismember'd with thine own defence.3.3 — Act 3 Scene 3 — Friar Lawrence's cell (77% in)
There are no more uses of "dismember" in Romeo and Juliet.
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