effigiate

English

Etymology

Latin effigiātus, past participle of effigiō (“to form”), from effigiēs. See effigy.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪˈfɪd͡ʒi.eɪt/

Verb

effigiate (third-person singular simple present effigiates, present participle effigiating, simple past and past participle effigiated)

1. (transitive) To form as an effigy.
2. (transitive, by extension) To fashion; to adapt.
   • 1651–1653, Jer[emy] Taylor, ΕΝΙΑΥΤΟΣ [Eniautos]. A Course of Sermons for All the Sundays of the Year. […], 2nd edition, London: […] Richard Royston […], published 1655, →OCLC:

     Effigiate and conform himself to those circumstances.

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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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 “effigiate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Italian

Etymology 1

Verb

effigiate

1. inflection of effigiare:
   1. second-person plural present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person plural imperative

Etymology 2

Participle

effigiate f pl

1. feminine plural of effigiato