Meanings
verbeffodicate (third-person singular simple present effodicates, present participle effodicating, simple past and past participle effodicated)
present singular third person effodicates · participle present effodicating · participle past effodicated · past effodicated
- archaicliteraryrareTo dig up.
... occlude it then cloſe together, [...] a cubite vnder grovvnd, agaynſte the ſurrection of the Sunne, in ſome Garden, and there let it remayne the continuance of a moneth thẽ effodicate, or digge vp the ſame & diſtille it.
1599, Oswald Gäbelkover, The Boock of Physicke, page 54
Origin
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APA
effodicate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/effodicate
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“effodicate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/effodicate. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “effodicate,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/effodicate.
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