† grassatev.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin grassāt-, grassārī.

Etymology: < classical Latin grassāt-, past participial stem (see -ate suffix³) of grassārī (see grassant adj.). Compare earlier grassation n., grassator n.Compare German grassieren (early 16th cent.).

Obsolete. rare.

intransitive. Of a disease: to rage. Later more generally, of anything unwelcome, harmful, etc.: to flourish or spread unchecked.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > become diseased [verb (intransitive)] > be prevalent

rage1584

grassate1652

1652 J. Gaule Πυς-μαντια 259 The Delphian Oracle being consulted about a great plague grassating among the Ionians, it was answered [etc.].

1843 H. Hedge Let. 14 Feb. in Stud. in Amer. Renaissance (1991) 4 All sorts of radicalism are abroad & particularly the socialistic tendency grassates like the cholera.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2019).

单词	grassate
释义	† grassatev. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin grassāt-, grassārī. Etymology: < classical Latin grassāt-, past participial stem (see -ate suffix³) of grassārī (see grassant adj.). Compare earlier grassation n., grassator n.Compare German grassieren (early 16th cent.). Obsolete. rare. intransitive. Of a disease: to rage. Later more generally, of anything unwelcome, harmful, etc.: to flourish or spread unchecked. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > become diseased [verb (intransitive)] > be prevalent rage1584 grassate1652 1652 J. Gaule Πυς-μαντια 259 The Delphian Oracle being consulted about a great plague grassating among the Ionians, it was answered [etc.]. 1843 H. Hedge Let. 14 Feb. in Stud. in Amer. Renaissance (1991) 4 All sorts of radicalism are abroad & particularly the socialistic tendency grassates like the cholera. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2019). < v.1652
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