verminate
/ˈvəːmɪneɪt
/verb [no object] (usually as adjective verminating) archaic
Breed or become infested with vermin: their average beehive hut is a verminating hole...
- In fact, he's done more for verminating our house than an ‘open inspection’ of landlords.
- He just never was much interested in the ratting and verminating like I was.
- The rest of the set verminated the fabric of my life.
Derivatives
vermination
- An antinomy if the verminations may reenlist to construct stratigraphical angiospermatous.
- What the philosophy problem should solve primarily is the relationship between parent and its vermination.
- Novel PF1022 derivatives are useful as a vermicide in the prevention or treatment of vermination.
Origin
Late 17th century: from Latin verminat- 'full of worms', from the verb verminare, from vermis 'worm'.