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exnihilate

exnihilate verb: to bring into existence from nothing.

Verb

exnihilate (third-person singular simple present exnihilates, present participle exnihilating, simple past and past participle exnihilated)

  1. (rare, transitive) To bring into existence from nothing.
    • Since the top hat was empty the moment before, the magician seemed to exnihilate the rabbit.

Forms of exnihilate

third-person singular presentexnihilates
present participleexnihilating
past participleexnihilated
pastexnihilated

Origin of exnihilate

Based on Latin; compare annihilate and ex nihilo.

Questions about exnihilate

What does exnihilate mean?
Exnihilate means to bring into existence from nothing.
What part of speech is exnihilate?
Exnihilate is a verb.
What is the past tense of exnihilate?
The past tense of exnihilate is exnihilated.

Words near exnihilate in the dictionary

  1. Exmouthian
  2. exmr.
  3. exmrs.
  4. Exner
  5. Exner's plexus
  6. exnihilate
  7. exnihilated
  8. exnihilates
  9. exnihilating
  10. exnihilation
  11. exnihilations

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