† funestatev.
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin fūnestāt-, fūnestāre.
Etymology: < classical Latin fūnestāt-, past participial stem (see -ate suffix3) of fūnestāre to pollute by murder, to stain with blood, to make funereal or mournful < fūnestus funest adj. Compare funestation n.
Obsolete.
rare. Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.
1623 H. Cockeram Funestate, to pollute with a dead body, to staine.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online December 2021).