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deracinate, v.|dɪˈræsɪneɪt|
[f. F. déracine-r (in OF. desr-), f. dé-, des-, L. dis- + racine root; see -ate3 7.]
trans. To pluck or tear up by the roots; to uproot, eradicate, exterminate. lit. and fig.
1599Shakes. Hen. V, v. ii. 47 The Culter rusts, That should deracinate such Sauagery. 1606― Tr. & Cr. i. iii. 99. 1659 B. Harris Parival's Iron Age 27 But neither Arms, nor Victories..[were] able to deracinate or root out this Doctrine. 1788Lond. Mag. 477 To deracinate and annihilate the whole system of moral, historical and revealed asseverations. 1883Stevenson Silverado Sq. (1886) 80 Disembowelling mountains and deracinating pines!
b. transf.
1843E. Jones Poems, Sens. & Event 167 Chill every river into stagnancy, Deracinate the fruitful earth of growth.
Hence deraciˈnation, eradication, extirpation.
c1800tr. Sonnini's Trav. I. 227 (L.) Nothing can resist an extreme desire to appear beautiful. The women submit to a painful operation—to a violent and total deracination. |