enecate

English

Etymology

From Latin enecatus, past participle of enecare; e (“out, utterly”) + necare (“to kill”).

Verb

enecate (third-person singular simple present enecates, present participle enecating, simple past and past participle enecated)

  1. (obsolete, rare) To kill off; to destroy.
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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for enecate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Latin

Verb

ēnecāte

  1. second-person plural present active imperative of ēnecō
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