† dilacerateadj.

Etymology: < Latin dīlacerātus torn asunder, past participle of dīlacerāre : see dilacerate v.

Obsolete.

Rent asunder, torn: used as participle and adj.

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the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > tearing or tearing apart > [adjective] > torn or torn apart

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tatteringc1380

renta1382

fortorn1496

lacerate1514

lacerated1556

rented1559

rived1581

dilaniated1597

dilacerate1602

discerpted1607

berent1608

rended1612

breacheda1649

dilacerated1650

vultured1946

1602 W. Warner Epitome Hist. Eng. in Albions Eng. (rev. ed.) 368 England..dilacerate and infested..by the Danes.

1608 T. Middleton Trick to catch Old-one i. sig. B2 What may a Stranger expect from thee, but vulnera delacerata, as the Poet sayes, delacerate dealing?

1649 F. Roberts Clavis Bibliorum (ed. 2) 489 His dilacerate members.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online June 2019).

dilaceratev.

/dɪˈlasəreɪt/

/dʌɪˈlasəreɪt/

Forms: Also 1600s de-.

Etymology: < participial stem of Latin dīlacerāre ( < di- , dis- asunder (di- prefix¹) + lacerāre to tear, lacerate); also dēlacerāre, whence the formerly frequent variant delacerate.

trans. To tear asunder, tear in pieces. Also figurative.

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the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > tearing or tearing apart > tear [verb (transitive)] > tear apart

to-loukc890

to-braidc893

to-tearc893

to-teec893

to-rendc950

to-breakc1200

to-tugc1220

to-lima1225

rivea1250

to-drawa1250

to-tosea1250

drawa1300

rendc1300

to-rit13..

to-rivec1300

to-tusec1300

rakea1325

renta1325

to-pullc1330

to-tightc1330

tirec1374

halea1398

lacerate?a1425

to-renta1425

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raga1450

to pull to (or in) piecesc1450

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pluck1526

rip1530

decerp1531

rift1534

dilaniate1535

rochec1540

rack1549

teasea1550

berend1577

distract1585

ream1587

distrain1590

unrive1592

unseam1592

outrive1598

divulse1602

dilacerate1604

harrow1604

tatter1608

mammocka1616

uprentc1620

divell1628

divellicate1638

seam-rend1647

proscind1659

skail1768

screeda1785

spret1832

to tear to shreds1837

ribbon1897

α.

1604 R. Cawdrey Table Alphabet. Dilacerate, to rent in sunder.

1618 T. Gainsford True Hist. P. Warbeck 65 You..know how the house of Yorke hath been dilacerated, and torne in peeces by the cruell hand of Tyrants and home-bred Wolues.

1634 T. Herbert Relation Some Yeares Trauaile 38 Their eares are extended and dilacerated very much.

1650 Brief Descr. Future Hist. Europe Pref. 2 The Church is dilacerated, the Commonwealth disjoynted.

1694 P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais Pantagruel's Voy.: 4th Bk. Wks. lii. 202 All were dilacerated and spoil'd.

1822 T. Taylor tr. Apuleius Metamorphosis 11 Shall we first dilacerate this man?

1848 J. A. Carlyle tr. Dante Inferno (1849) 334 See how I dilacerate myself.

β. 1624 J. Reynolds Vox Cœli Ded. 5 The Match long since prophetically delacerated.1647 R. Baron Εροτοπαιγνιον 15 Acteons dogs..greedy to delacerate his limbes instead of the innocent beast he persued.

Derivatives

diˈlacerated adj.

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