conquassate

English

Etymology

Latin conquassatus, past participle of conquassare.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɒŋˈkwæseɪt/, /kɒŋˈkwɒseɪt/

Verb

conquassate (third-person singular simple present conquassates, present participle conquassating, simple past and past participle conquassated)

1. (obsolete, transitive, rare) To shake; to agitate.
   • 1672, Gideon Harvey, Morbus Anglicus, Or, The Anatomy of Consumptions:

     vomits do violently conquassate the Lungs, and tear the Ulcer wider

Related terms

• conquassation

References

“conquassate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Latin

Verb

conquassāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of conquassō