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exarate

/ˈɛksəɹət/

exarate adjective: having the appendages free and not attached to the body wall.

Adjective

exarate (comparative more exarate, superlative most exarate)

  1. Having the appendages free and not attached to the body wall.

Verb

IPA/ˈɛksəɹeɪt/

exarate (third-person singular simple present exarates, present participle exarating, simple past and past participle exarated)

  1. (obsolete) To plough up.
  2. (obsolete) To write or engrave.
    • God hath an observing eye over a Penitent, and doth exarate and can enumerate all his manifestations.1657, Thomas Reeve, God's Plea for Nineveh

Forms of exarate

Adjective
comparativemore exarate
superlativemost exarate
Verb
third-person singular presentexarates
present participleexarating
past participleexarated
pastexarated

Origin of exarate

From Latin exaratus, past participle of exarare (“to plough up, to write”); ex (“out”) + arare (“to plough”).

Questions about exarate

What does exarate mean?
Exarate means having the appendages free and not attached to the body wall.
What part of speech is exarate?
Exarate can be an adjective or a verb.
How do you pronounce exarate?
Exarate is pronounced /ˈɛksəɹət/.

Words near exarate in the dictionary

  1. exaptative
  2. exapted
  3. exapting
  4. exaptive
  5. exapts
  6. exarate
  7. exarated
  8. exaration
  9. exarations
  10. exarch
  11. exarchal

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