ablaqueate
ablaqueate verb: to lay bare, as the roots of a tree, by loosening or removing soil.
Verb
ablaqueate (third-person singular simple present ablaqueates, present participle ablaqueating, simple past and past participle ablaqueated)
- To lay bare, as the roots of a tree, by loosening or removing soil.
- After the autumnal equinox they were to be ablaqueated like the vines. Every third year they were to be dunged, and after some years (generally the eighth) to be pruned; for there was an old saying, to wit, eum qui aret olivetum rogare fructum; qui stercoret exorare; qui caedat cogere.1847, Thomas Keightley, The Bucolics and Georgics of Virgil
Forms of ablaqueate
| third-person singular present | ablaqueates |
|---|---|
| present participle | ablaqueating |
| past participle | ablaqueated |
| past | ablaqueated |
Origin of ablaqueate
Learned borrowing from Latin ablaqueātus (“loosened, dug up”), past participle of ablaqueō (“to disentangle”), formed from ab- + laqueō (“noose”).
Words formed from ablaqueate
Questions about ablaqueate
- What does ablaqueate mean?
- Ablaqueate means to lay bare, as the roots of a tree, by loosening or removing soil.
- What part of speech is ablaqueate?
- Ablaqueate is a verb.
- What is the past tense of ablaqueate?
- The past tense of ablaqueate is ablaqueated.
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