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perscopate

/ˈpɜːskəpeɪt/

perscopate verb: to bristle or horripilate.

Verb

perscopate (third-person singular simple present perscopates, present participle perscopating, simple past and past participle perscopated)

  1. (archaic) to bristle or horripilate
    • Let us take your cat: now suppose we shave her tail, so that it cannot shall I say perscopate or bristle; suppose we attach a board to her back, so that it cannot arch; suppose we then exhibit a displeasing sight – a sportive dog, for instance.1970, Patrick O'Brian, Master and Commander

Forms of perscopate

third-person singular presentperscopates
present participleperscopating
past participleperscopated
pastperscopated

Origin of perscopate

From per- (“throughout, thoroughly”) + + Latin scōpātus, from scōpāre (“sweep”), from scōpa (“broom, bundle of sticks”) (classically only found as plural scōpae). By surface analysis, per- + scop(a) + -ate.

Questions about perscopate

What does perscopate mean?
Perscopate means to bristle or horripilate.
What part of speech is perscopate?
Perscopate is a verb.
How do you pronounce perscopate?
Perscopate is pronounced /ˈpɜːskəpeɪt/.
What is the past tense of perscopate?
The past tense of perscopate is perscopated.

Words near perscopate in the dictionary

  1. Persarmenia
  2. Persaud
  3. Persauds
  4. persay
  5. Persberg
  6. perscopate
  7. perscopated
  8. perscopates
  9. perscopating
  10. perscription
  11. perscrutate

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