dehonestate

English

Etymology

Latin dehonestatus, past participle of dehonestare (“to dishonour”).

Verb

dehonestate (third-person singular simple present dehonestates, present participle dehonestating, simple past and past participle dehonestated)

  1. (obsolete, rare, transitive) To disparage.
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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for dehonestate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Latin

Verb

dehonestāte

  1. second-person plural present active imperative of dehonestō
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