maim
verb (used with object)
to deprive of the use of some part of the body by wounding or the like; cripple.
am maiming
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present progressiveof maim (1st person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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For I always feel that I am maiming, even killing some beautiful thing in discouraging her,—even when I know it to be necessary and beneficial.
From Memoirs of an American Prima Donna by Kellogg, Clara Louise
