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mactated

mactated is the simple past and past participle of mactate.

Meaning of mactate

Verb

mactate (third-person singular simple present mactates, present participle mactating, simple past and past participle mactated)

  1. (rare, transitive) To kill in sacrifice.
    • As has been shown, it is historically true that a vulgar opinion to the effect that Christ was separately mactated in the sacrifices of masses prevailed at the time of the Reformation, which opinion being perfectly analogous to that which the Apostle combats, nothing could be more appropriate than...1860, The Rev. William Henderson et al., Theological Defence for the Right Rev. Alexander Penrose Forbes, D.C.L., Bishop of Brechin, page 74

Questions about mactated

What is mactated the simple past and past participle of?
Mactated is the simple past and past participle of mactate.

Words near mactated in the dictionary

  1. MacTaggarts
  2. Mactan
  3. Mactard
  4. Mactards
  5. mactate
  6. mactated
  7. mactates
  8. mactating
  9. mactation
  10. mactations
  11. mactators

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