conquassate

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/kɒŋˈkwæseɪt//kɒŋˈkwɒseɪt/

verb

To shake; to agitate.

Scrabble 22

Meanings

verbconquassate (third-person singular simple present conquassates, present participle conquassating, simple past and past participle conquassated)

present singular third person conquassates · participle present conquassating · participle past conquassated · past conquassated

  1. obsoleteraretransitiveTo shake; to agitate.

    vomits do violently conquassate the Lungs, and tear the Ulcer wider

    1672, Gideon Harvey, Morbus Anglicus, Or, The Anatomy of Consumptions

Origin

  1. Latinconquassātus
  2. Englishconquassate

Borrowed from Latin conquassātus, perfect passive participle of conquassō, see -ate (verb-forming suffix).

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Chicago

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