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maim verb trans. ME.
[Old French mahaignier, mayner from Proto-Romance: ult. origin unkn. Cf. MAIM noun1.]
Orig., disable, wound, cause bodily hurt or disfigurement to. Now, deprive of (the use of) a limb etc.; mutilate, cripple; fig. render powerless or essentially incomplete.
Burke Pulling down hedges,..firing barns, maiming cattle. P. Warner Most were maimed for life by having a hand or foot cut off. J. Wyndham To deprive a gregarious creature of companionship is to maim it, to outrage its nature.
maimer noun M16.