Meanings
verbgangrenate (third-person singular simple present gangrenates, present participle gangrenating, simple past and past participle gangrenated)
present singular third person gangrenates · participle present gangrenating · participle past gangrenated · past gangrenated
- intransitiveobsoleteTo become gangrenous.
I have ſeen the guts of ſuch horſes[…] much diſposed to gangrenate
1751, Henry Bracken, Traveller's Pocket Farrier
Origin
From gangrene + -ate (verb-forming suffix). Compare French gangrener.
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APA
gangrenate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gangrenate
MLA
“gangrenate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gangrenate. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “gangrenate,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gangrenate.
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