| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| PRONUNCIATION: |  m m |
| TRANSITIVE VERB: | Inflected forms: maimed, maim·ing, maims
1. To disable or disfigure, usually by depriving of the use of a limb or other part of the body. See synonyms at batter1. 2. To make imperfect or defective; impair. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English maimen, from Old French mahaignier. See mayhem. | | OTHER FORMS: | maim er —NOUN
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