sanitate

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verb

To sanitize.

OriginLatin sanitas →
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Meanings

verbsanitate (third-person singular simple present sanitates, present participle sanitating, simple past and past participle sanitated)

present singular third person sanitates · participle present sanitating · participle past sanitated · past sanitated

  1. To sanitize.

    Nor am I prepared to accept the verdict of the medical gentlemen who would compulsorily sanitate and register Mrs Warren, whilst leaving Mrs Warren's patrons, especially her military patrons, free to destroy her health and anybody else's without fear of reprisals.

    1893, George Bernard Shaw, Mrs. Warren's Profession

Origin

  1. Latinsanitas“health, propriety”
  2. Englishsanitate

From Latin sanitas (“health, propriety”), from sanus (“healthy, rational, chaste”).

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Anagrams

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APA

sanitate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sanitate

MLA

“sanitate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sanitate. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

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

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