Meanings
deaurate1
present singular third person deaurates · participle present deaurating · participle past deaurated · past deaurated
- obsoletetransitiveTo gild.
it is not lawfull that any thing should be in the liuely Temple of our ſoule, which is not eyther charitie, or ouer-guilded & deaurated with charity
1598, Francis Meres, The Sinners Guyde. A Worke Contayning the Whole Regiment of a Christian Life
deaurate2
- not comparableobsoleteGilded.
1 more example
Of ſo eye bewitching a deaurate ruddie dy is the skincoat of this Lantſgraue, that happy is that nobleman who for his colours in armory can neereſt imitate his chimicall temper, nay which is more, if a man ſhould tell you that god Himens ſaffron colour’d robe were made of nothing but red herrings skins, you would hardly beleeue him: […]
1599, [Thomas] Nashe, Nashes Lenten Stuffe, […], London: […] [Thomas Judson and Valentine Simmes] for N[icholas] L[ing] and C[uthbert] B[urby] […], →OCLC, page 36
Origin
deaurate · verb
- Latindeaurātus
- Englishdeaurate
Borrowed from Latin deaurātus, perfect passive participle of deaurō, see -ate (verb-forming suffix).
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Full word history & related roots →deaurate · adjective
- Latindeaurātus
- Middle Englishdeaurat
- Englishdeaurate
From Middle English deaurat, from Latin deaurātus, see -ate (adjective-forming suffix).
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Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
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