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rutilate

/ˈɹuːtɪleɪt/

rutilate verb: to shine; to emit rays of light.

Verb

rutilate (third-person singular simple present rutilates, present participle rutilating, simple past and past participle rutilated)

  1. (obsolete) To shine; to emit rays of light.
    • concentrated and rutilating nitrous acid1803, The Philosophical Magazine

Forms of rutilate

third-person singular presentrutilates
present participlerutilating
past participlerutilated
pastrutilated

Origin of rutilate

From Latin rutilō (“to redden; to glow, to shine”).

Questions about rutilate

What does rutilate mean?
Rutilate means to shine; to emit rays of light.
What part of speech is rutilate?
Rutilate is a verb.
How do you pronounce rutilate?
Rutilate is pronounced /ˈɹuːtɪleɪt/.
What is the past tense of rutilate?
The past tense of rutilate is rutilated.

Words near rutilate in the dictionary

  1. Rutigliano
  2. Rutiglianos
  3. rutilance
  4. rutilances
  5. rutilant
  6. rutilate
  7. rutilated
  8. rutilates
  9. rutilating
  10. rutilation
  11. rutilations

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