Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hereticate

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: hereti-cate
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To denounce as heresy or a heretic.

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"And let no one be minded, on the score of my neoterism, to hereticate me."
"If that great Chancellor of Paris were now alive, he would freely teach his Sorbonne, as he once did, that it is not in the Pope's power, that I may use his own word, to hereticate any proposition."

Etymology

First attested in 1629; borrowed from Medieval Latin haereticātus, perfect passive participle of haereticō, see -ate (verb-forming suffix).

Origin

First known use: First attested in 1629

Usage

Transitive verb

Inflected Forms

hereticates (present, singular) hereticating (participle, present) hereticated (participle, past) hereticated (past)

Questions

What does hereticate mean?: To denounce as heresy or a heretic.
Where does hereticate come from?: First known use: First attested in 1629.

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