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Abacinate Moderate

Origin: Latin suffix -ate

Abacinate has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Verb

Definitions
Verb
1

blind by holding a red-hot metal plate before someone's eyes

"The prisoners were abacinated by their captors"

2

To blind by holding a red-hot metal rod or plate before the eyes

Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
blind

Origin

The word comes from the Late Latin abacinātus, which likely combines ab meaning "off" and bacīnum meaning "basin." It is probably related to the modern Italian verb abbacinare, which means "to dazzle."

Rhyming Words
ate bate late gate kate date wate cate rate nate oate sate tate jate hate mate fate yate agate skate
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