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gangrenate

gangrenate verb: to become gangrenous.

Verb

gangrenate (third-person singular simple present gangrenates, present participle gangrenating, simple past and past participle gangrenated)

  1. (intransitive, obsolete) To become gangrenous.
    • I have ſeen the guts of ſuch horſes[…] much diſposed to gangrenate1751, Henry Bracken, Traveller's Pocket Farrier

Forms of gangrenate

third-person singular presentgangrenates
present participlegangrenating
past participlegangrenated
pastgangrenated

Origin of gangrenate

From gangrene + -ate (verb-forming suffix). Compare French gangrener.

Questions about gangrenate

What does gangrenate mean?
Gangrenate means to become gangrenous.
What part of speech is gangrenate?
Gangrenate is a verb.
What is the past tense of gangrenate?
The past tense of gangrenate is gangrenated.

Words near gangrenate in the dictionary

  1. gangreens
  2. gangrel
  3. gangrell
  4. gangrells
  5. gangrels
  6. gangrenate
  7. gangrenated
  8. gangrenates
  9. gangrenating
  10. gangrene
  11. gangrened

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