arsenicate

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verb

To arsenicize (treat or impregnate with arsenic).

OriginEnglish arsenic ← Middle English arsenik ← Middle French arsenic →
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Meanings

verbarsenicate (third-person singular simple present arsenicates, present participle arsenicating, simple past and past participle arsenicated)

present singular third person arsenicates · participle present arsenicating · participle past arsenicated · past arsenicated

  1. archaicTo arsenicize (treat or impregnate with arsenic).

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
arsenicize

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰelh₃-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰl̥h₃enyom
  3. Proto-Indo-Iranian*ȷ́ʰr̥Hanyam
  4. Proto-Iranian*jr̥Hanyam
  5. Old Median*zaranyam
  6. Old Median*kā
  7. Old Median*zaraniyakā
  8. Middle Persian*zarnīk
  9. Classical Syriacܙܪܢܝܟܐ (zarnīḵā)
  10. Arabicالزَرْنِيخ (az-zarnīḵ)
  11. Medieval Greekἀρσενικόν (arsenikón)
  12. Latinarsenicum
  13. Middle Frencharsenic
  14. Middle Englisharsenik
  15. Englisharsenic
  16. Englisharsenicate

From arsenic + -ate.

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Rhymes & wordplay

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Cite this entry
APA

arsenicate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/arsenicate

MLA

“arsenicate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/arsenicate. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “arsenicate,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/arsenicate.

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