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Webster 1913 Edition

Dilaniate

Di-la′ni-ate

,
Verb.
T.
[L.
dilaniatus
, p. p. of
dilaniare
to dilacerate;
di- = dis-
+
laniare
to tear to pieces.]
To rend in pieces; to tear.
[R.]
Howell.

Webster 1828 Edition

Dilaniate

DILANIATE

,
Verb.
T.
[L., to rend in pieces.] To tear; to rend in pieces; to mangle. [Little used.]

Definition 2024

dilaniate

dilaniate

English

Verb

dilaniate ‎(third-person singular simple present dilaniates, present participle dilaniating, simple past and past participle dilaniated)

  1. To rend in pieces; to tear.
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Italian

Verb

dilaniate

  1. second-person plural present indicative of dilaniare
  2. second-person plural imperative of dilaniare
  3. second-person plural present subjunctive of dilaniare
  4. feminine plural of dilaniato

Anagrams

Latin

Verb

dīlaniāte

  1. second-person plural present active imperative of dīlaniō

Etymology

Latin dilaniatus, past participle of dilaniare to dilacerate; di- = dis- + laniare to tear to pieces.

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