efferate
efferate verb: to excite into a passionate, angry, bestial state.
Verb
efferate (third-person singular simple present efferates, present participle efferating, simple past and past participle efferated)
- To excite into a passionate, angry, bestial state.
- […]; by which meanes he ſtill breaks out againe, and I know not whether more efferated by former attachings, or animated by his often diſchargings, he euer rampeth more feircely than before, and threatneth his accuſers, to ruine all that is holy.1616, Roger Gostwyke, The Anatomie of Ananias; or, Gods Censure Against Sacriledge, page 148
- Secondly, as the Stile, and subiect Matter of Stage-Playes is Scurrilous, and Obscene, so likewise it is Bloody, and Tyrannicall; breathing out Malice, Fury, Anger, Murther, Crueltie, Tyrannie, Treacherie, Frensie, Treason, and Reuenge, (the constant Theames, and chiefe Ingredients, of all our...1632 (erroneously dated 1633), William Prynne, Histrio-mastix: The Players Scourge, or, Actors Tragœdie, Divided into Two Parts, London: […] E[dward] A[llde, Augustine Mathewes, Thomas Cotes] and...
Examples of efferate in a sentence
- ’Tis a sign men have drunk in a false Religion, when their spirits are efferated, and grow Monsters in wickedness;a. 1677, Thomas Manton, One Hundred and Ninety Sermons on the Hundred and Nineteenth Psalm Preached by the Late Reverend and Learned Thomas...
- How hath it efferated ſome, and made them inſolent, fierce, froward!1678, C[harles] Pora, A Sovereign Balsam to Cure the Languishing Diseases of This Corrupt Age, page 514:
Forms of efferate
| third-person singular present | efferates |
|---|---|
| present participle | efferating |
| past participle | efferated |
| past | efferated |
Origin of efferate
From Latin efferātus, perfect passive participle of efferō (“to make wild or savage, brutalize, barbarize; to make fierce, infuriate, madden”). By surface analysis, ef- + Latin fer- + -ate.
Questions about efferate
- What does efferate mean?
- Efferate means to excite into a passionate, angry, bestial state.
- How do you use efferate in a sentence?
- ’Tis a sign men have drunk in a false Religion, when their spirits are efferated, and grow Monsters in wickedness;
- What part of speech is efferate?
- Efferate is a verb.
- What is the past tense of efferate?
- The past tense of efferate is efferated.
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