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divellicate, v.|daɪˈvɛlɪkeɪt|
[f. L. dī-, dis-, dis- 1 + ppl. stem of vellicāre to pluck, twitch, pinch, deriv. of vellĕre to pluck, pull: cf. divell.]
trans. To tear asunder, pull to pieces. Also fig.
1638Sir T. Herbert Trav. (ed. 2) 101 To reduce all Majesty (too long divellicated) to the proper station. 1749Fielding Tom Jones vii. xiii, The interior membranes were so divellicated, that the os, or bone, very plainly appeared. 1752― Amelia v. vi, My brother told me you had used him dishonestly, and had divellicated his character behind his back. 1837Blackw. Mag. XLII. 234 Three out of the fifteen were divellicated from the parent stem. |