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depilate, v.|ˈdɛpɪleɪt|
[f. L. dēpilāt-, ppl. stem of dēpilāre to pull out the hair, f. de- I. 2 + pilus hair, pilāre to deprive of hair. Cf. F. dépiler (Paré, 16th c.). (Pa. tense in Sc. depilat for depilatit.)]
1. To remove the hair from; to make bare of hair.
1560Rolland Crt. Venus iii. 29 The hair..Fra hir Father throw slicht scho depilat. 1657Tomlinson Renou's Disp. 205 Which places they much desire to depilate and glabrify. 1853Hickie tr. Aristoph. (1872) II. 427, I am an old woman, but depillated with the lamp.
†2. To deprive of its skin, decorticate, peel. [So in Lat.] Obs. rare.
1620Venner Via Recta v. 90 Made of Rice accurately depilated and boyled in milke.
Hence ˈdepilated, ˈdepilating ppl. adjs.
1876Duhring Skin Diseases, The extraction of the diseased hairs [in tinea sycosis], for which purpose a pair of depilating forceps should be used. |