Definition of dement Dement

/dʌmɛˈnt/ - [dument] - de•ment

We found 6 definitions of dement from 3 different sources.

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What does dement mean?

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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

  • dement (v. t.)
    To deprive of reason; to make mad.
  • dement (a.)
    Demented; dementate.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

  • dement
    de-ment′, v.t. to drive crazy, render insane.—adj. insane, demented.—n. a demented person.—v.t. Dement′āte, to dement.—p.adj. Dement′ed, out of one's mind: insane: suffering from dementia. [L. demens, dementis, out of one's mind—de, from, and mens, the mind.]

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dement in sign language
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