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invulnerate

invulnerate adjective: invulnerable or unscathed.

Adjective

invulnerate (comparative more invulnerate, superlative most invulnerate)

  1. (obsolete) Invulnerable or unscathed.
    • For horns (like horny callouses) are found / to grow on sculls that have receiv'd a wound, / are crackt, and broken; not at all on those / that are invulnerate and free from blows.1721, Samuel Butler, Satire upon marriage

Forms of invulnerate

comparativemore invulnerate
superlativemost invulnerate

Origin of invulnerate

First attested in 1680; borrowed from Latin invulnerātus (“unwounded”), from in- (“not”) + vulnerātus see -ate (adjective-forming suffix).

Questions about invulnerate

What does invulnerate mean?
Invulnerate means invulnerable or unscathed.
What part of speech is invulnerate?
Invulnerate is an adjective.

Words near invulnerate in the dictionary

  1. invulnerabilities
  2. invulnerability
  3. invulnerable
  4. invulnerableness
  5. invulnerably
  6. invulnerate
  7. invultuation
  8. Inwa
  9. inwale
  10. inwales
  11. inwall

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