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excarnificates

excarnificates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of excarnificate.

Meaning of excarnificate

Verb

excarnificate (third-person singular simple present excarnificates, present participle excarnificating, simple past and past participle excarnificated)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To strip (something or someone) of flesh, perhaps as a form of torture.
    • VVhat ſhall vve ſay to the multitudes of thoſe that are thus martyred, […] VVhat are to the racking and excarnificating their bodies, before this laſt puniſhment?1664, H[enry] More, chapter XV, in A Modest Enquiry into the Mystery of Iniquity, […], London: […] J[ames] Flesher for W[illiam] Morden […], →OCLC, book II, page 167
    Synonyms:
    excarnate

Questions about excarnificates

What is excarnificates the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Excarnificates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of excarnificate.

Words near excarnificates in the dictionary

  1. excarnating
  2. excarnation
  3. excarnations
  4. excarnificate
  5. excarnificated
  6. excarnificates
  7. excarnificating
  8. excarnification
  9. excarpment
  10. excathedral
  11. excaudate

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