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saginate, v. rare.|ˈsædʒɪneɪt|
[f. L. sagīnāt-, ppl. stem of sagīnāre, f. sagīna, process or means of fattening.]
trans. To fatten (animals). Also fig. Hence ˈsaginated ppl. a.
1623Cockeram, Saginate, to fatten a beast. Sagination, the fattening thereof. 1633T. Adams Exp. 2 Peter ii. 22 At last when they are saginated and franked, their turn comes to bleed. 1650tr. Caussin's Ang. Peace 45 The odious rejoycings of the unjust are saginated with the tears of the miserable. 1657Tomlinson Renou's Disp. 447 Chickens,..when saginated and castrated, [are] fit for Courtiers. 1791Cowper Iliad xxiii. 40 Many a saginated boar [θαλέθοντες ἀλοιϕῆ]. 1854Landor Lett. Amer. 78 The [French] Emperor..has saginated the priesthood, and has winked at the miraculous apparitions that winked at him. |