dealbate

English edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Latin dealbatus, past participle of dealbare. See daub.

Verb edit

dealbate (third-person singular simple present dealbates, present participle dealbating, simple past and past participle dealbated)

(obsolete, transitive) To whiten.
- 1657, Jean de Renou, A Medicinal Dispensatory:
  Medicks prescribe Dentifricies to exterge and dealbate the teeth

References edit

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

Anagrams edit

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Latin edit

Verb edit

dealbāte

second-person plural present active imperative of dealbō