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libate

Syllables: li·bate/laɪˈbeɪt/

libate verb: to pour a liquid, most often wine, in sacrifice on the ground, on a ritual object, or on a victim, in honor of some deity.

Verb

libate (third-person singular simple present libates, present participle libating, simple past and past participle libated)

  1. (intransitive) To pour a liquid, most often wine, in sacrifice on the ground, on a ritual object, or on a victim, in honor of some deity.

libate meaning in Bengali and Kannada

libate in Bengali

আচারবিধির কোনো বস্তুর উপর, মদ্যপান করা

libate in Kannada

ತಣಿಯೆರೆ, ತೆನಿಯೆರೆ

Forms of libate

third-person singular presentlibates
present participlelibating
past participlelibated
pastlibated

Origin of libate

First attested in 1866; borrowed from Latin lībātus, perfect passive participle of lībō (“to pour out, taste”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix).

Questions about libate

What does libate mean?
Libate means to pour a liquid, most often wine, in sacrifice on the ground, on a ritual object, or on a victim, in honor of some deity.
What is libate in Bengali?
Libate in Bengali is আচারবিধির কোনো বস্তুর উপর, মদ্যপান করা. See Libate meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is libate?
Libate is a verb.
How do you pronounce libate?
Libate is pronounced /laɪˈbeɪt/.
What is the past tense of libate?
The past tense of libate is libated.

Words near libate in the dictionary

  1. libanomancy
  2. libant
  3. libaries
  4. libary
  5. Libas
  6. libate
  7. libated
  8. libates
  9. libating
  10. libation
  11. libational

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Adapted from Wiktionary: libate (page history and authors); libate (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); libate (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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