Meanings
verbsaginate (third-person singular simple present saginates, present participle saginating, simple past and past participle saginated)
present singular third person saginates · participle present saginating · participle past saginated · past saginated
- archaicTo fatten.
Many a white heifer by the ruthless steel Lay bleeding, many a sheep and blatant goat, With many a saginated boar bright-tusk'd Amid fierce flames Vulcanian stretch'd to roast
1791, William Cowper, Iliad
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saginate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/saginate
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“saginate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/saginate. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “saginate,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/saginate.
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