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delignates

delignates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of delignate.

Meaning of delignate

Verb

delignate (third-person singular simple present delignates, present participle delignating, simple past and past participle delignated)

  1. (rare, transitive) To clear or strip of wood.
    • It moves me much his accusation of covetousness , dilapidating , or rather delignating , his bishopric1655, Thomas Fuller, The Church-history of Britain; […], London: […] Iohn Williams […], →OCLC, (please specify |book=I to XI)

Questions about delignates

What is delignates the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Delignates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of delignate.

Words near delignates in the dictionary

  1. delightsome
  2. delightsomely
  3. delightsomeness
  4. delignate
  5. delignated
  6. delignates
  7. delignating
  8. delignification
  9. delignifications
  10. delignified
  11. delignifies

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