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Definition of Disbranch
1. v. t. To divest of a branch or branches; to tear off.
Definition of Disbranch
1. Verb. To divest of a branch or branches; to tear off. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Disbranch
1. [v -ED, -ING, -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Disbranch
Literary usage of Disbranch
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Macbeth by William Shakespeare, William George Clark, William Aldis Wright (1878)
"28. Sliver'd, slipped oft". The word would only be used of a slip or twig, not
of a large bough. It is used with ' disbranch' in King Lear, iv. 2. ..."
2. The Plays of William Shakspeare: Accurately Printed from the Text of the by William Shakespeare, George Steevens, Alexander Chalmers (1811)
"I fear your disposition : That nature, which contemns its origin, Cannot be
border'd certain in itself; She that herself will sliver and disbranch From her ..."
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