libatev.
/lʌɪˈbeɪt/ a. transitive. To pour out (wine, etc.) in honour of a god. Also, to make a libation to (a god).
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society > faith > worship > sacrifice or a sacrifice > kinds of sacrifice > [verb (transitive)] > make a libatory offering
wassail1648
libate1866
1866 J. B. Rose tr. Ovid Fasti vi. 762 She libated the wine In sacrifice.
1880 L. Wallace Ben-Hur vii. xi. 441 A son of Israel has no gods whom he can libate.
b. intransitive. To pour out libations.
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society > faith > worship > sacrifice or a sacrifice > kinds of sacrifice > [verb (intransitive)] > make a libatory offering
libate1867
1867 J. B. Rose tr. Virgil Æneis 227 Around the tables all libating stand, Invoking heaven.
Derivatives
liˈbated adj.
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society > faith > worship > sacrifice or a sacrifice > kinds of sacrifice > [adjective] > offered to idol
idolothyte1562
idolothyous1607
libated1866
1866 J. B. Rose tr. Virgil Georgics i. 360 Pay unto Ceres, rustics rites divine, With milk and honey and libated wine.
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