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laniate

laniate verb: to tear into pieces.

Verb

laniate (third-person singular simple present laniates, present participle laniating, simple past and past participle laniated)

  1. (archaic, formal, rare) To tear into pieces.

Forms of laniate

third-person singular presentlaniates
present participlelaniating
past participlelaniated
pastlaniated

Origin of laniate

First attested in 1721; borrowed from Latin laniātus, perfect passive participle of laniō (“to butcher, tear into pieces”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix).

Questions about laniate

What does laniate mean?
Laniate means to tear into pieces.
What part of speech is laniate?
Laniate is a verb.
What is the past tense of laniate?
The past tense of laniate is laniated.

Words near laniate in the dictionary

  1. laniard
  2. laniards
  3. laniaries
  4. laniariform
  5. laniary
  6. laniate
  7. laniation
  8. laniatorean
  9. laniatoreans
  10. lanicemine
  11. lanichol

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