dehonestate

English

Etymology

Latin dehonestatus, past participle of dehonestare (“to dishonour”).

Verb

dehonestate (third-person singular simple present dehonestates, present participle dehonestating, simple past and past participle dehonestated)

1. (obsolete, rare, transitive) To disparage.
   • 1825, Charles Lamb, “Unitarian Protests”, in London Magazine:

     dehonestate the intellects of married women

References

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

Latin

Verb

dehonestāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of dehonestō