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▪ I. pignorate, ppl. a.|ˈpɪgnərət|
[ad. L. pignerāt-us, pa. pple. of pignerāre: see next.]
a. Given or taken in pledge; pledged, pawned.
b. Relating to things pledged, pigneratitious.
16..Corshill Baron-Court Bk. in Ayr & Wigton Arch. Coll. IV. 115 The said William Glen pursued the said Robert for the said pistoll for what the same wes pignorat. 1886Muirhead in Encycl. Brit. XX. 690/2 Pignorate and hypothecary rights were unknown as rights protected by action at the time now being dealt with.
▪ II. pignorate, v.|ˈpɪgnəreɪt|
Also pignerate.
[ad. L. pignerāre (in med. spelling pignorāre) to give as a pledge, f. pignus (pigner-, -or-) pledge: see -ate3.]
trans. To give or take as a pledge; to pledge, pawn. Hence ˈpignorated ppl. a.
1623Cockeram, Pignerate, to pawne. 1656Blount Glossogr., Pignerate, to lay a gage, or mortgage; also to take in pawn. 1842W. Smith's Dict. Grk. & Rom. Antiq. 760/1 If the pledger sold a movable thing that was pignerated. 1878Ibid. 1037/1 A man could not acquire possession by means of a pignorated slave. |