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excarnificating

excarnificating is the present participle and gerund 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 excarnificating

What is excarnificating the present participle and gerund of?
Excarnificating is the present participle and gerund of excarnificate.

Words near excarnificating in the dictionary

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

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