cancerate

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verb

To grow into a cancer; to become cancerous.

OriginLatin cancerātus →
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Meanings

verbcancerate (third-person singular simple present cancerates, present participle cancerating, simple past and past participle cancerated)

present singular third person cancerates · participle present cancerating · participle past cancerated · past cancerated

  1. intransitiveobsoleteTo grow into a cancer; to become cancerous.

Origin

  1. Latincancerātus“eaten by a cancer”
  2. Englishcancerate

From Latin cancerātus (“eaten by a cancer”).

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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APA

cancerate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cancerate

MLA

“cancerate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cancerate. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cancerate,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cancerate.

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