Definition of Eviscirate
E*vis"cer*ate (?), v. t. [imp.
& p. p. Eviscerated (?); p. pr. & vb.
n. Eviscerating (?).] [L. evisceratus, p. p.
of eviscerare to eviscerate; e out + viscera the
bowels. See Viscera.] To take out the entrails of; to
disembowel; to gut.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- (transitive) To disembowel, to remove the viscera.
- (transitive) To destroy or make ineffectual or meaningless.
The statement by the Trial Court, informing the accused that he had the option either to make a plea of not guilty, or if he made an insanity plea, upon conviction, to be put under a punishment for an enormously long period of time far in excess of that which he would be penalized by a conviction, was, in my opinion, an effective evisceration of the accused's rights under the law. –Phillis 22 in Paul Robinson's Instrument of God.
- (transitive) Elicit the essence of.
- (transitive) (surgery) Remove the contents of an eyeball.
- (intransitive) Of viscera: to protrude through a surgical incision.
Italian
- second-person plural indicative present of eviscerare
- second-person plural imperative of eviscerare
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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