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villicate

villicate verb: to do damage (to).

Verb

villicate (third-person singular simple present villicates, present participle villicating, simple past and past participle villicated)

  1. (obsolete) To do damage (to).
    • But our Baths now inflame, villicate and distress ; and the Air which we draw, is a Mixture of Air and Water, disturbs the whole Body, tosses and displaces every Atom, till we quench the fiery Particles, and allay their Heat.1684–1685, Plutarch, translated by Matthew Morgan et al., Plutarch's Morals - Volume 3, John Gellibrand, translation of original in Ancient Greek, page 460
    • Thro' all my inmost nerves, like lightning, darts Her baleful shafts, and kills without a wound : With tort'ring rack thrice villicates my foe, With hideous accent thrice I scream, and feel Her whole divinity enrag'd within.1756, “The Gout”, in The Gentleman's Magazine (London, England), volume 26, page 584

Forms of villicate

third-person singular presentvillicates
present participlevillicating
past participlevillicated
pastvillicated

Questions about villicate

What does villicate mean?
Villicate means to do damage (to).
What part of speech is villicate?
Villicate is a verb.
What is the past tense of villicate?
The past tense of villicate is villicated.

Words near villicate in the dictionary

  1. villian
  2. villians
  3. villiaumite
  4. Villicana
  5. Villicanas
  6. villicate
  7. villicated
  8. villicates
  9. villicating
  10. Villiers
  11. Villiers-le-Bel

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