inviscerate

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/ɪnˈvɪsəɹət//ɪnˈvɪsəɹeɪt/

adjective

Deep-seated; internal.

Scrabble 16

Meanings

adjectiveinviscerate (comparative more inviscerate, superlative most inviscerate)

comparative more inviscerate · superlative most inviscerate

  1. Deep-seated; internal.

    [W]hen man ſigheth, (as the Apoſtle ſaith) as burthened vvith inviſcerate intereſts, longing to put on this pure ſpirituall veſture of Filiall love, this kind of heavineſſe of ſpirit, may be ſaid to make his love vveight in heaven; […]

    1648, Walter Montagu, “The Fourteenth Treatise. The Test and Ballance of Filial and Mercenary Love. §. III. Filiall Love Described, and Some Strong Incentives Presented to Kindle It in Us.”, in Miscellanea Spiritualia: Or, Devout Essaies, London: […] W[illiam] Lee, D[aniel] Pakeman, and G[abriel] Bedell, […], →OCLC, page 190
verbinviscerate (third-person singular simple present inviscerates, present participle inviscerating, simple past and past participle inviscerated)

present singular third person inviscerates · participle present inviscerating · participle past inviscerated · past inviscerated

  1. transitiveTo breed (something); also, to nourish (something).

    [O]ur Savior ſeemeth to have affected ſo much, the inviſcerating this diſpoſition in our hearts, as he claimeth the firſt introduction of this precept, to recommend it to us, as a ſpecial property of his miſſion, that the kindneſs to his perſon might ſvveeten the aſperity of the command, […]

    1648, Walter Montagu, “The Fifteenth Treatise. The Duties of a Christian towards Enemies. §. I. The Precept of Loving Enemies, Sweetned by Many Reasons Drawn from Christs Injoyning It, and His Acting It.”, in Miscellanea Spiritualia: Or, Devout Essaies, London: […] W[illiam] Lee, D[aniel] Pakeman, and G[abriel] Bedell, […], →OCLC, page 267

Origin

  1. Latininvisceratus
  2. Englishinviscerate

Latin invisceratus, past participle.

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