Maim is a related term of impair.
As verbs the difference between maim and impair
is that maim is to wound seriously; to cause permanent loss of function of a limb or part of the body while impair is to weaken; to affect negatively; to have a diminishing effect on.
As an adjective impair is
(obsolete) not fit or appropriate.
maim
English
Verb
(
en verb)
To wound seriously; to cause permanent loss of function of a limb or part of the body.
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*:Three chairs of the steamer type, all maimed , comprised the furniture of this roof-garden, with (by way of local colour) on one of the copings a row of four red clay flower-pots filled with sun-baked dust from which gnarled and rusty stalks thrust themselves up like withered elfin limbs.
Synonyms
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Derived terms
* maimer
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impair
English
Alternative forms
* (l) (qualifier)
Verb
(
en verb)
To weaken; to affect negatively; to have a diminishing effect on.
(archaic) To grow worse; to deteriorate.
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Derived terms
* (l)
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