单词 | verminate |
释义 | verminate[ vur-muh-neyt ] / ˈvɜr məˌneɪt / verb (used without object), ver·mi·nat·ed, ver·mi·nat·ing.to become infested with vermin, especially parasitic vermin. Archaic. to breed or infest with vermin. Origin of verminate1685–95; <Latin verminātus, past participle of vermināre to be infested with maggots, to have racking pains, equivalent to vermin(a) racking pain + -ātus-ate1; dual sense of vermināre by association with vermis worm, maggot, vermin- being taken, perhaps erroneously, as an extended stem of this word OTHER WORDS FROM verminatever·mi·na·tion, nounWords nearby verminatevermilion, vermilion border, vermilionectomy, vermilion rockfish, vermin, verminate, vermination, verminous, vermis, vermivorous, Vermont Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 |
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