depiece

English

Etymology

From de- +‎ piece.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /diːˈpiːs/

Verb

depiece (third-person singular simple present depieces, present participle depiecing, simple past and past participle depieced)

1. (rare) To remove pieces from; to take apart, disassemble.
   • 1920, Sri Aurobindo, The Life Divine, Lotus Press, published 2000, page 180:

     Mind, being an action of the Infinite, depieces as well as aggregates ad infinitum.

   • 2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin, published 2003, page 231:

     An ornate set of symbolically retaliatory tortures [...] proceeded with quasi-liturgical exactitude, climaxing in the efforts of four champing horses to pull Damiens's limbs out from his body (in a gruesome twist, his body stubbornly refused to be depieced, and had to be further chopped and battered by public executioner Sanson).

Anagrams

• epicede