exarate

exarate (comparative more exarate, superlative most exarate)

1. (entomology, of a pupa) Having the appendages free and not attached to the body wall.

• coarctate
• obtect

Latin exaratus, past participle of exarare (“to plough up, to write”); ex (“out”) + arare (“to plough”).

exarate (third-person singular simple present exarates, present participle exarating, simple past and past participle exarated)

1. (obsolete) To plough up.
2. (obsolete) To write or engrave.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Blount to this entry?)

exarāte

1. first-person plural present active imperative of exarō