laniate

English

Etymology

From Latin laniatus, past participle of laniare.

Verb

laniate (third-person singular simple present laniates, present participle laniating, simple past and past participle laniated)

  1. (dated, formal) To tear into pieces.

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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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 laniate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Anagrams

Latin

Participle

laniāte

  1. vocative masculine singular of laniātus
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