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rabiate

rabiate adjective: rabid; affected with rabies.

Adjective

rabiate (not comparable)

  1. (rare) rabid; affected with rabies
    • Most men are rabiate on some subject; but the stricken of poetry, is a seraphic malady.1856, George Raymond, Drafts for Acceptance
    • Doubtlessly inspired by Nicander he, or rather someone else whose work is transmitted under his name, wrote a Theriaca (Περί ίοβόλων, έν ὧ χαί περί λυσσόντοςχυνός, 'On poison-injecting animals, including rabiate dogs') and an Alexipharmaca,,,2014, Floris Overduin, Nicander of Colophon's Theriaca: A Literary Commentary, page 132

Questions about rabiate

What does rabiate mean?
Rabiate means rabid; affected with rabies.
What part of speech is rabiate?
Rabiate is an adjective.

Words near rabiate in the dictionary

  1. Rabi II
  2. Rabi problem
  3. Rabi problems
  4. Rabi-al-awwal
  5. Rabia
  6. rabiate
  7. rabiator
  8. rabiators
  9. rabic
  10. rabicano
  11. rabicanos

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