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effodicate

effodicate verb: to dig up.

Verb

effodicate (third-person singular simple present effodicates, present participle effodicating, simple past and past participle effodicated)

  1. (archaic, literary, rare) To dig up.
    • ... occlude it then cloſe together, [...] a cubite vnder grovvnd, agaynſte the ſurrection of the Sunne, in ſome Garden, and there let it remayne the continuance of a moneth thẽ effodicate, or digge vp the ſame & diſtille it.1599, Oswald Gäbelkover, The Boock of Physicke, page 54

Forms of effodicate

third-person singular presenteffodicates
present participleeffodicating
past participleeffodicated
pasteffodicated

Origin of effodicate

From Latin effodiō, effodicō.

Questions about effodicate

What does effodicate mean?
Effodicate means to dig up.
What part of speech is effodicate?
Effodicate is a verb.
What is the past tense of effodicate?
The past tense of effodicate is effodicated.

Words near effodicate in the dictionary

  1. effluxing
  2. effluxion
  3. effluxion of time
  4. effluxions
  5. effluxome
  6. effodicate
  7. effodicated
  8. effodicates
  9. effodicating
  10. effodient
  11. effoliation

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