enecate

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/ˈɛnɪkeɪt/

verb

To kill off; to destroy.

OriginLatin ēnecātus →
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Meanings

verbenecate (third-person singular simple present enecates, present participle enecating, simple past and past participle enecated)

present singular third person enecates · participle present enecating · participle past enecated · past enecated

  1. obsoleterareTo kill off; to destroy.

    in the manner of a most presentaneous poyson, they enecate in two or three hours

    1673, Gideon Harvey, A Discourse of the Plague

Origin

  1. Latinēnecātus
  2. Englishenecate

From Latin ēnecātus, past participle of ēnecāre; ē- (“out, utterly”) + necāre (“to kill”).

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Chicago

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

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