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disembody

verb

Etymology

From dis- + embody.

  1. derived from *bʰewdʰ-✻ — “to be awake, observe”
  2. inherited from *bodag✻ — “body, trunk”
  3. inherited from bodiġ
  4. inherited from body
  5. prefixed as embody — “em + body”
  6. prefixed as disembody — “dis + embody”

Definitions

  1. To cause someone's soul, spirit, consciousness, voice, etc, to become separated from the…

    To cause someone's soul, spirit, consciousness, voice, etc, to become separated from the physical body.

  2. To separate (a part of the body) from the body.

    • "[he] wore the high, stiff collars which were the fashion of the day: in pictures these tend to disembody his head, making him look constrained, uncomfortable, yet they remained his choice."
    • Jerusha turned, a flush on her cheeks that wasn't makeup, a swath of steam from the vaporizer swirling around her chest, disembodying her head.

  3. To discharge from military service or array.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA