divellicate

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verb

To detach, rip apart.

OriginLatin dīvellicātus →
Scrabble 17
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Meanings

verbdivellicate (third-person singular simple present divellicates, present participle divellicating, simple past and past participle divellicated)

present singular third person divellicates · participle present divellicating · participle past divellicated · past divellicated

  1. To detach, rip apart.

Origin

  1. Latindīvellicātus
  2. Englishdivellicate

First attested in 1638; borrowed from Latin dīvellicātus, perfect passive participle of dīvellicō (“to pluck asunder”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from dis- + vellicō, from vellō (“to pluck”).

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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