Am'pu-tāte, v. t.

[imp. & p. p. AMPUTATED; p. pr. & vb. n. AMPUTATING.] [Lat. amputare, from amb, about, q. v., and putare, to prune.]

1. To prune; to cut off. [Obs.] Cockeram.
2. To cut off, as a limb or other part of an animal body. Wisconsin.