mutigigella (mutijijela)

[NL., from native name (1).] The Aby in i an ichneumon, Herpestes mutigigella. Mutilatat (mu-ti-lā'tä), n. pl. [NL., neut. pl. of L. mutilatus, pp. of mutilare, mutilate: see mutilate.] An old division of mammals formed for those which have no hind limbs, as the cetaceans and sirenians. mutilate (mu'ti-lat), v. t.; pret. and pp. muti lated, ppr. mutilating. [ Mutilla mutilare (> It. mutilare = Sp. Pg. mutilar = F. mutiler), maim, Gonsalvo was affected even to tears at beholding the mutilated remains of his young and gallant adversary. Pre scott, Ferd. and Isa., ii. 12. Of the nine pillars of the upper verandah only two remain standing, and these much mutilated , while all the six of the lower storey have perished. J. Fergu on, Hist. Indian Arch., p. 141. 2. Figuratively, to excise, erase, or expunge any important part from, so as to render incomplete or imperfect, as a record or a poem. As I haue declared you before in my preface, I will not in any worde wyllinglye mangle or mutilate that honour Sir T. More, Works, p. 1291. in any worde wylli Among the mutilated poets of antiquity, there is none whose fragments are so beautiful as those of Sappho. Add is on. =Syn. 1. Mutilate, Maim, Cripple, Mangle, Disfigure. Mutilate emphasizes the injury to completene and to beauty: as, to mutilate a statue. Maim and cripple note the injury to the use of the members of the body, maim suggesting perhaps more of unsightline , pain, and actual lo of members, and cripple more directly emphasizing the diminished power of action: as, crippled in the left arm. Mangle expre es a badly hacked or torn condition: as, a mangled finger or arm. Disfigure covers simply such changes of the external form as injure its appearance or beauty: one may be fearfully mangled in battle, so as to be disfigured for life, and yet finally escape being mutilat ed or maimed, or even crippled.-2. Mutilate, Garble, Mis quote. To mutilate is to take parts of a thing, so as to leave it imperfect or incomplete; to garble is to take parts of a thing in such a way as to make them convey a false impre ion; to misquote is to quote incorrectly, whether intentionally or not: as, to mutilate a hymn; to garble a pa age from an official report; to garble another's words; to misquote a text of Scripture. Garble has completely lost its primary meaning.