Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

delignate

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: delig-nate
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To clear or strip of wood.

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"It moves me much his accusation of covetousness , dilapidating , or rather delignating , his bishopric"
"The machine gave a smoothly delignated ribbon, with small percentage of woody waste, save in a few stalks […]"
"[…] in concentrating the said delignated waste liquor and incorporating therewith quicklime to produce causticized substantially dry, powdered, lime organic material […]"

Etymology

From de- + lign- + -ate (verb-forming suffix).

Usage

Transitive verb

Inflected Forms

delignates (present, singular) delignating (participle, present) delignated (participle, past) delignated (past)

Questions

What does delignate mean?: To clear or strip of wood.
Where does delignate come from?: From de- + lign- + -ate (verb-forming suffix).

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