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libate, v.|laɪˈbeɪt|
[f. L. lībāt-, ppl. stem of lībāre to taste, pour out as an offering, etc.]
a. trans. To pour out (wine, etc.) in honour of a god. Also, to make a libation to (a god).
b. intr. To pour out libations.
1866J. B. Rose tr. Ovid's Fasti vi. 762 She libated the wine In sacrifice. 1867― tr. Virgil's æneid 227 Around the tables all libating stand, Invoking heaven. 1880L. Wallace Ben-Hur vii. xi. 441 A son of Israel has no gods whom he can libate.
Hence liˈbated ppl. a.
1866J. B. Rose tr. Virg. Georg. i. 360 Pay unto Ceres, rustics rites divine, With milk and honey and libated wine. |