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mutilate

v.
US //ˈmjutəˌɫeɪt// UK //mjˈuːtɪlˌeɪt// mu·ti·late Archaic
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Origin

Learned borrowing from Latin mutilātus, the perfect passive participle of mutilō (“to mutilate”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), itself from mutilus (“maimed”).

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