calcate

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verbcalcate (third-person singular simple present calcates, present participle calcating, simple past and past participle calcated)

present singular third person calcates · participle present calcating · participle past calcated · past calcated

obsoleteSynonym of trample: to crush or stomp underfoot.
It should be calcated with ones feet.
1657, Richard Tomlinson, translating Jean de Renou as A Medicinal Dispensatory, sig. Yyy4v
Synonyms: trample

verbSynonym of trample: to crush or stomp underfoot.

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From Latin calcātus, the past participle of calcāre (“to trample”), parsed via English -ate (verb-forming suffix), from calx (“heel”) + -ō (verb-forming suffix). Doublet of calque.

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