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adj
Distinct; separate; secrete; divided.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable, obsolete
Qualifier: past participial
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
To separate; to divide; to break off.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Qualifier: principally in philosophy
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
From the Latin diremptus (“separated, divided”), the past participle of dirimō (“to separate, divide”), formed as dir- (prevocalic variant of dis- (“apart, asunder”)) + emō (“to take”); compare dirempt2.
From the Latin *diremptō, frequentative of dirimō.
