eventerate

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verb

To rip open; to disembowel.

OriginFrench éventrer →
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Meanings

verbeventerate (third-person singular simple present eventerates, present participle eventerating, simple past and past participle eventerated)

present singular third person eventerates · participle present eventerating · participle past eventerated · past eventerated

  1. obsoletetransitiveTo rip open; to disembowel.

Origin

  1. Frenchéventrer
  2. Englisheventerate

Likely a "relatinized" calque of French éventrer, from Latin ē(x)- (“out”) + Latin venter (“belly”, ventr- in compounds) + -ate (verb-forming suffix); this should have given *eventrate, compare its obsolete doublet eventrate and orienate.

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