excecate

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verb

To blind.

OriginLatin excaecātus →
Scrabble 19
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Meanings

verbexcecate (third-person singular simple present excecates, present participle excecating, simple past and past participle excecated)

present singular third person excecates · participle present excecating · participle past excecated · past excecated · alternative obsolete excæcate

  1. obsoletetransitiveTo blind.

    God doth worke inwardly in the hearts of sinners, doth excecate and obdurate the minds of men

    1630, James Sharpe, The Triall of the Protestant Priuate Spirit

Origin

  1. Latinexcaecātus
  2. Englishexcecate

Borrowed from Latin excaecātus, perfect passive participle of excaecō (“to blind”), from ex- (denoting privation) + caecō (“to blind”), from caecus (“blind”).

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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