Origin: Latin suffix -ate
Abacinate has 2 different meanings across 1 category:
blind by holding a red-hot metal plate before someone's eyes
"The prisoners were abacinated by their captors"
To blind by holding a red-hot metal rod or plate before the eyes
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."