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lachrymate

lachrymate verb: to cry or weep.

Verb

lachrymate (third-person singular simple present lachrymates, present participle lachrymating, simple past and past participle lachrymated)

  1. (literary) To cry or weep.

Adjective

lachrymate (comparative more lachrymate, superlative most lachrymate)

  1. Having the shape of a tear.
    • The cephalon shows traces of low pustules over the glabella, and upon the depressed frontal area, where they become elongate or lachrymate, sometimes anastomosing, leaving elongate depressions between them; […]1888, James Hall with John M[ason] Clarke, “Phaëthonides cyclurus, n. sp.”, in Palæontology (Geological Survey of the State of New York), volumes VII ([…] Trilobites and Other Crustacea […]), Albany...
    • The location of the ventral muscle-scars is normal. In the dorsal valve, however, there is considerable variation, both in the shape of the scars and in their degree of depression into the shell; those of the outer pair vary between the simple lachrymate shape (Pl. V, fig. 6) and the subdivided...1931, T[homas] N[eville] George, “Ambocœlia Hall”, in The Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London, volume LXXXVII, London: Geological Society of London, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 46
  2. (literary, rare) Stained or filled with tears.
    • Et quant il fut hoꝛs du peril de mer il ſe tourna vers celle part ou les nefz ⸜ et ſes gens eſtoient perilz ⸜ en plourãt tendꝛement et en diſant1510 [c. 1482], [Louis Cruse] (Middle French translation), translated by Robert Coplande, “How Kynge Appolyn of Thyre Sayled towarde the Cyte of Terme […]”, in Kynge Appolyn of Thyre, London: […]...
    • The animal does not become seriously ill, but scratches itself vigorously, is either very restless or very somnolent or both alternately, hair roughened, eyes usually lachrymate and partly closed.1914 November, Chester H. Elliott, “The Antigenic Properties of Glycoproteins”, in Ludvig Hektoen, Edwin O[akes] Jordan, editors, The Journal of Infectious Diseases, volume 15, number 3, Chicago...

Synonyms of lachrymate

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Forms of lachrymate

Verb
third-person singular presentlachrymates
present participlelachrymating
past participlelachrymated
pastlachrymated
alternative formlacrimate
Adjective
comparativemore lachrymate
superlativemost lachrymate

Origin of lachrymate

From Latin lachrymātus, lacrimātus, perfect passive participle of lachrymō, lacrimō; see -ate (verb-forming suffix).

From Medieval Latin lachryma + -ate (adjectival suffix).

Words formed from lachrymate

Questions about lachrymate

What does lachrymate mean?
Lachrymate means to cry or weep.
What part of speech is lachrymate?
Lachrymate can be a verb or an adjective.
What is the past tense of lachrymate?
The past tense of lachrymate is lachrymated.

Words near lachrymate in the dictionary

  1. lachrymal vases
  2. lachrymally
  3. lachrymals
  4. lachrymaries
  5. lachrymary
  6. lachrymate
  7. lachrymated
  8. lachrymates
  9. lachrymating
  10. lachrymation
  11. lachrymations

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