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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 verminate

1685–95; <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 verminate

ver·mi·na·tion, noun

Words nearby verminate

vermilion, vermilion border, vermilionectomy, vermilion rockfish, vermin, verminate, vermination, verminous, vermis, vermivorous, Vermont
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