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English
Etymology
From dis- + branch.
Verb
disbranch (third-person singular simple present disbranches, present participle disbranching, simple past and past participle disbranched)
- (transitive) To remove a branch or branches.
1761, John Mordant, The Complete Steward:There is no tree admits of transplantation so well as the Elm, for a tree of twenty years growth will admit of a remove. Mr. Evelyn says, he has removed them twice as big as a man's waist ; but then they were totally disbranched, the top being left only intire
August 20 2021, Sara Bruestle, “See bodacious blooms at dahlia show this weekend in Everett”, in The Herald:You have to disbud and disbranch your plants to get one bloom that is anywhere close to perfection.
- (intransitive) To tear away; to break off.
c. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of King Lear”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies (First Folio), London: Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):She that herself will sliver and disbranch
From her material sap, perforce must wither,
And come to deadly use.
References
“disbranch”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
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