exarate

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/ˈɛksəɹət//ˈɛksəɹeɪt/

adjective

Having the appendages free and not attached to the body wall.

OriginLatin exaratus →
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Meanings

exarate1

adjectiveexarate (comparative more exarate, superlative most exarate)

comparative more exarate · superlative most exarate

  1. biologyHaving the appendages free and not attached to the body wall.

exarate2

verbexarate (third-person singular simple present exarates, present participle exarating, simple past and past participle exarated)

present singular third person exarates · participle present exarating · participle past exarated · past exarated

  1. obsoleteTo plough up.
  2. obsoleteTo write or engrave.

    God hath an observing eye over a Penitent, and doth exarate and can enumerate all his manifestations.

    1657, Thomas Reeve, God's Plea for Nineveh

Origin

  1. Latinexaratus
  2. Englishexarate

From Latin exaratus, past participle of exarare (“to plough up, to write”); ex (“out”) + arare (“to plough”).

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APA

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MLA

“exarate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/exarate. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “exarate,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/exarate.

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