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disterminate

disterminate adjective: separated, divided.

Adjective

disterminate (comparative more disterminate, superlative most disterminate)

  1. (obsolete) separated, divided
    • […] there is one and the same Church of Christ, however far disterminate in places, however segregated and infinitely severalized in persons, however differing in rites and circumstances of worship, however squaring in by-opinion.1624, Bishop Joseph Hall, “Introductory”, in The Peace-Maker, section 3: "On the Fundamental Points of Religion"; republished in Josiah Pratt, editor, The Works of the Right Reverend Father in God...

Forms of disterminate

comparativemore disterminate
superlativemost disterminate

Origin of disterminate

Borrowed from Latin disterminātus, perfect passive participle of disterminō (“to divide, separate”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix).

Questions about disterminate

What does disterminate mean?
Disterminate means separated, divided.
What part of speech is disterminate?
Disterminate is an adjective.

Words near disterminate in the dictionary

  1. distention
  2. distentions
  3. distents
  4. dister
  5. disterane
  6. disterminate
  7. distermination
  8. disteroidal
  9. disterred
  10. disters
  11. distfix

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