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averruncated

averruncated is the simple past and past participle of averruncate.

Meaning of averruncate

Verb

averruncate (third-person singular simple present averruncates, present participle averruncating, simple past and past participle averruncated)

  1. (rare, transitive) To avert; to ward off.
  2. (rare, transitive) To root up.
    • Unless by providential wit, / Or force, we averruncate it.1859, Samuel Butler, “Canto 1, Line 758”, in Henry George Bohn, editor, Hudibras, page 31

Questions about averruncated

What is averruncated the simple past and past participle of?
Averruncated is the simple past and past participle of averruncate.

Words near averruncated in the dictionary

  1. Averroisms
  2. Averroist
  3. Averroistic
  4. Averroists
  5. averruncate
  6. averruncated
  7. averruncates
  8. averruncating
  9. averruncation
  10. averruncations
  11. averruncator

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