dirempt

adjective /dɪˈɹɛmpt/

1. Distinct; separate; secrete; divided.

   obsolete

   Tacitus, that Bobotria & Blota haue ſundry paſſages into the sea and are clerely dirempt one from the other

Where it comes from

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

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry dirempt (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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