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infumate

infumate verb: to dry by exposing to smoke; to expose to smoke.

Verb

infumate (third-person singular simple present infumates, present participle infumating, simple past and past participle infumated)

  1. (transitive) To dry by exposing to smoke; to expose to smoke.

Adjective

infumate (comparative more infumate, superlative most infumate)

  1. Somewhat translucent with a mottled smokey appearance.
    • The posterior wings are transparent and iridescent, infumate at the extreme base along the dorsal margin, and their nervuration is to a large extent pale, becoming dark towards the apex.1913, R.C.L. Perkins, “Neuroptera”, in David Sharp, editor, Fauna Hawaiiensis: Being the Land-fauna of the Hawaiian Islands, page 40
    • I am sure Frederick Smith has correctly named a pair in the British Museum, with the whole upper and to a less extend the lower basal cells infumate and the apical alar infumation approaching closely to the stigma; one probably came from Bates and the female, which lacks the single black marks on...1915, Claude Morley, A Revision of the Ichneumonidae Based on the Collection in the British Museum, page 20

Forms of infumate

Verb
third-person singular presentinfumates
present participleinfumating
past participleinfumated
pastinfumated
Adjective
comparativemore infumate
superlativemost infumate

Origin of infumate

First attested in 1847; borrowed from Latin infumātus, perfect passive participle of infumō (“to infumate”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from in- (“in”) + fumō (“to smoke”), from fumus (“smoke”).

Questions about infumate

What does infumate mean?
Infumate means to dry by exposing to smoke; to expose to smoke.
What part of speech is infumate?
Infumate can be a verb or an adjective.
What is the past tense of infumate?
The past tense of infumate is infumated.

Words near infumate in the dictionary

  1. infula
  2. infulae
  3. infulas
  4. infulminate
  5. infultrate
  6. infumate
  7. infumated
  8. infumates
  9. infumating
  10. infumation
  11. infumed

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