disbowel en · VERB
Etymology
From dis- + bowel.
Meanings
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To disembowel.
[…] a great Oke drie and dead, […] Whose foote in ground hath left but feeble holde; But halfe disbowel'd lies aboue the ground, […]
1591, Edmund Spenser, “Ruines of Rome: by Bellay”, in Complaints, sonnet 28:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| disbowels | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| disboweling | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | US | lexicographic |
| disbowelling | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | UK | lexicographic |
| disbowelled | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | UK | lexicographic |
| disbowelled | Tense=Past | UK | lexicographic |
| disboweled | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | US | lexicographic |
| disboweled | Tense=Past | US | lexicographic |