desecate

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To cut, as with a scythe; to mow. obsolete,rare
    — So far as it has gone, it probably is the most pure and desecated public good which has ever been conferred on mankind.
  2. Obsolete spelling of desiccate. alt-of,obsolete
    — […] and which new element will, by a sort of elective attraction, secrete and desecate from ore and alloy, all the truth that either has.

词形变化

desecates present,singular,third-person desecating participle,present desecated participle,past desecated past desecates present,singular,third-person desecating participle,present desecated participle,past desecated past

词源

First attested in 1623; borrowed from Medieval Latin dēsecātus, a variant of dēsectus, the perfect passive participle of dēsecō (“to cut off”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix).
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