enecate

English

Etymology

From Latin ēnecātus, past participle of ēnecāre; ē- (“out, utterly”) + necāre (“to kill”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛnɪkeɪt/

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.
   • 1673, Gideon Harvey, A Discourse of the Plague:

     in the manner of a most presentaneous poyson, they enecate in two or three hours

References

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

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /eː.neˈkaː.te/, [eːnɛˈkäːt̪ɛ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /e.neˈka.te/, [eneˈkäːt̪e]

Verb

ēnecāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of ēnecō