Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The manner of arrangement of parts in a complex body.

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Examples

  • Slowly, slowly she went; half of the breadth of lawn was behind her, and then three quarters; and the building was unfolding at least its external organisation to her curious eyes, and displaying some of its fine memberment and broken surface and the resulting lights and shadows.

    The End of a Coil Susan Warner 1852

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  • You always hear about dismemberment but not the status quo that precedes it. #RandomWord

    May 4, 2022

  • How exactly do the 10,949 words in wordnik's reverse dictionary relate to memberment? This isn't the only word that warrants this question.

    May 5, 2022

  • I don't get it either, vendingmachine. Maybe it doesn't 'member either.

    May 5, 2022