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divellicate

divellicate verb: to detach, rip apart.

Verb

divellicate (third-person singular simple present divellicates, present participle divellicating, simple past and past participle divellicated)

  1. To detach, rip apart.

Forms of divellicate

third-person singular presentdivellicates
present participledivellicating
past participledivellicated
pastdivellicated

Origin of divellicate

First attested in 1638; borrowed from Latin dīvellicātus, perfect passive participle of dīvellicō (“to pluck asunder”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from dis- + vellicō, from vellō (“to pluck”).

Questions about divellicate

What does divellicate mean?
Divellicate means to detach, rip apart.
What part of speech is divellicate?
Divellicate is a verb.
What is the past tense of divellicate?
The past tense of divellicate is divellicated.

Words near divellicate in the dictionary

  1. Divelbisses
  2. Diveley
  3. Diveleys
  4. divell
  5. divellent
  6. divellicate
  7. divellicated
  8. divellicates
  9. divellicating
  10. divels
  11. divemaster

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