enecate
English
Etymology
From Latin ēnecātus, past participle of ēnecāre; ē- (“out, utterly”) + necāre (“to kill”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɛnɪkeɪt/
Verb
enecate (third-person singular simple present enecates, present participle enecating, simple past and past participle enecated)
- (obsolete, rare) To kill off; to destroy.
- 1673, Gideon Harvey, A Discourse of the Plague:
- in the manner of a most presentaneous poyson, they enecate in two or three hours
References
- “enecate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [eː.nɛˈkaː.tɛ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [e.neˈkaː.t̪e]
Verb
ēnecāte
- second-person plural present active imperative of ēnecō