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[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
maim \maim\ m=am, v. t. imp.  p. p. maimed m=amd;p.
   pr.  vb. n. maiming. oe. maimen, of. mahaignier,
   mehaignier, meshaignier, cf. it. magagnare, ll. mahemiare,
   mahennare; perh. of celtic origin; cf. armor. mac'ha~na to
   mutilate, m=ac'ha to crowd, press; or cf. ohg. mang=on 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.
      1913 webster

            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.
      1913 webster

   2. to mutilate; to cripple; to injure; to disable; to impair.
      1913 webster

            my late maimed limbs lack wonted might. --spenser.
      1913 webster

            you maimed the jurisdiction of all bishops. --shak.
      1913 webster

   syn: to mutilate; mangle; cripple.
        1913 webster
see also:
maimed maiming mayhem 
[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0
maimed
     adj 1: badly injured, perhaps with amputation; "the maimed right
            hand twisted and clutched"- p.b.kyne; "mutilated
            victims of the rocket attack" syn: mutilated
     2: having a part of the body crippled or disabled syn: mutilated
     n : people who are wounded; "they had to leave the wounded where
         they fell" syn: wounded
see also:
mutilated wounded 

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