dirempt

English

Pronunciation

  • enPR: dĭrĕmptʹ, IPA(key): /dɪˈɹɛmpt/

Etymology 1

From the Latin diremptus (“separated, divided”), the past participle of dirimō (“I separate, divide”), formed as dir- (prevocalic variant of dis- (“apart, asunder”)) + emō (“I take”); compare dirempt².

Adjective

dirempt (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete, past participial) Distinct; separate; secrete; divided.
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Etymology 2

From the Latin *diremptō, frequentative of dirimō.

Verb

dirempt (third-person singular simple present dirempts, present participle dirempting, simple past and past participle dirempted)

  1. (transitive) To separate; to divide; to break off.
    "What is thus dirempted, which constitutes the parts thought of as in the law, exhibits itself as a stable existence; and if the parts are considered without the Notion of the inner difference, then space time, or distance and velocity, which appear as moments of gravity, are just as indifferent and without necessary relation to one another as to gravity itself, or, as this simple gravity is indifferent to them, or, again, as simple electricity is indifferent to positive and negative electricity." Georg Hegel, Phenomenology of Spirit, paragraph 161
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