conculcate

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verb

To tread or trample underfoot.

OriginLatin conculcatus →
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Meanings

verbconculcate (third-person singular simple present conculcates, present participle conculcating, simple past and past participle conculcated)

present singular third person conculcates · participle present conculcating · participle past conculcated · past conculcated

  1. figurativelyobsoleteoftentransitiveTo tread or trample underfoot.
adjectiveconculcate (comparative more conculcate, superlative most conculcate)

comparative more conculcate · superlative most conculcate

  1. figurativelyobsoleteoftenDespised, disregarded, trampled.

    […] the sorrowful world of men: / Old castles fired, old mountains overturned, / Old majesties conculcate in the dust […]

    1904, James Elroy Flecker, Lucretia

Origin

  1. Latinconculcatus
  2. Englishconculcate

Borrowed from Latin conculcatus, past participle of conculcare (“to conculcate”).

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APA

conculcate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/conculcate

MLA

“conculcate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/conculcate. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “conculcate,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/conculcate.

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