innodate

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verb

(with anathema or interdict) To bind up, as in a knot, with the punishment of anathema or interdict; to anathemize or interdict.

OriginLatin innōdātus →
First used 1630–1655Scrabble 9
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Meanings

verbinnodate (third-person singular simple present innodates, present participle innodating, simple past and past participle innodated)

present singular third person innodates · participle present innodating · participle past innodated · past innodated

  1. obsoletelifestyle(with anathema or interdict) To bind up, as in a knot, with the punishment of anathema or interdict; to anathemize or interdict.First known use 1630–1655

    we do innodate with the like sentence of anathema

    1655, Thomas Fuller, The Church-history of Britain; […], London: […] Iohn Williams […], →OCLC, (please specify |book=I to XI)

Origin

  1. Latininnōdātus
  2. Englishinnodate

First attested in 1630; adapted from Medieval Latin vinculis anathematis innodare (“to bind (someone) with/in the bounds of anathema”), borrowed from Latin innōdātus, perfect passive participle of innōdō (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from in- (“in”) + nodus (“knot”).

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Anagrams

anointedantinode
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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

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

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