Meanings
verbinodiate (third-person singular simple present inodiates, present participle inodiating, simple past and past participle inodiated)
present singular third person inodiates · participle present inodiating · participle past inodiated · past inodiated
- obsoletetransitiveTo make odious or hateful.
he inflicts them for quite other Ends ; as partly to give the World fresh Demonstrations of his hatred of Sin , and partly to inodiate and inbitter Sin to the chastised Sinner
1692–1717, Robert South, Twelve Sermons Preached upon Several Occasions, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London
Origin
From in- (“in”) + Latin odium (“hatred”). Doublet of annoy.
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inodiate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/inodiate
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “inodiate,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/inodiate.
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