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commacerate

commacerate verb: to harass, torment.

Verb

commacerate (third-person singular simple present commacerates, present participle commacerating, simple past and past participle commacerated)

  1. (obsolete) To harass, torment.
    • ... to get perfect intelligence of his life and conversation, one true point whereof, well set downe, wil more excruciate and commacerate him, than knocking him about the eares with his owne stile in a hundred sheetes of paper.1596, Thomas Nash, Have with you to Saffron Walden, page 29

Forms of commacerate

third-person singular presentcommacerates
present participlecommacerating
past participlecommacerated
pastcommacerated

Questions about commacerate

What does commacerate mean?
Commacerate means to harass, torment.
What part of speech is commacerate?
Commacerate is a verb.
What is the past tense of commacerate?
The past tense of commacerate is commacerated.

Words near commacerate in the dictionary

  1. comma splice
  2. comma splices
  3. comma'd
  4. comma-point
  5. comma-points
  6. commacerate
  7. Commack
  8. commadore
  9. commadores
  10. commaed
  11. commaes

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