The Collaborative International Dictionary
Amputate \Am"pu*tate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Amputated; p. pr. & vb. n. Amputating.] [L. amputatus, p. p. of amputare: amb- + putare to prune, putus clean, akin to E. pure. See Putative.]
To prune or lop off, as branches or tendrils.
(Surg.) To cut off (a limb or projecting part of the body).
--Wiseman.
Wiktionary
vb. (present participle of amputate English)
Usage examples of "amputating".
In the tribe of the Dakotas the relatives of a dead chief pacified his spirit by amputating a finger.
General considerations--Vicia faba, effects of amputating the tips of the radicles--Regeneration of the tips--Effects of a short exposure of the tips to geotropic action and their subsequent amputation--Effects of amputating the tips obliquely--Effects of cauterising the tips--Effects of grease on the tips--Pisum sativum, tips of radicles cauterised transversely, and on their upper and lower sides--Phaseolus, cauterisation and grease on the tips--Gossypium--Cucurbita, tips cauterised transversely, and on their upper and lower sides--Zea, tips cauterised--Concluding remarks and summary of chapter--Advantages of the sensibility to geotropism being localised in the tips of the radicles.
Vicia faba, circumnutation of radicle, 29, 30 --, of epicotyl, 3133 --, curvature of hypocotyl, 92 --, sensitiveness of apex of radicle, 132134 --, of the tips of secondary radicles, 154 --, of the primary radicle above the apex, 155158 --, various experiments, 135143 --, summary of results, 143151 --, power of an irritant on, compared with that of geotropism, 151154 Vicia faba, circumnutation of leaves, 233235 --, circumnutation of terminal leaflet, 235 --, effect of apogeotropism, 444 --, effect of amputating the tips of radicles, 523 --, regeneration of tips, 526 --, short exposure to geotropic action, 527 --, effects of amputating the tips obliquely, 528 --, of cauterising the tips, 529 --, of grease on the tips, 534 Vines, Mr.