Etymology

immolate

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Today it means: To kill as a sacrifice by burning. Full definition →

Latin immolātus
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  1. Latin · borrowed fromimmolātus
  2. English todayimmolate

The adjective is first attested in 1534, the verb in 1548; borrowed from Latin immolātus, perfect passive participle of immolō (“to sacrifice”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix).

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