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mactating

mactating is the present participle and gerund 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 mactating

What is mactating the present participle and gerund of?
Mactating is the present participle and gerund of mactate.

Words near mactating in the dictionary

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

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