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sphacelate

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
sphace-late
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To affect with gangrene, cause to gangrene, mortify.

Transitive verb

verb

To become gangrenous.

Intransitive verb

adj

Affected with gangrene; gangrenous, necrotic.

adj

Dark and withered as though dead.

Etymology

From sphacel (“gangrene”) + -ate (verb-forming suffix).

Usage

Inflected Forms

sphacelates (present, singular) sphacelating (participle, present) sphacelated (participle, past) sphacelated (past)

Derived Forms

sphacelation

Synonyms

necrose gangrene mortify

Questions

What does sphacelate mean?
To affect with gangrene, cause to gangrene, mortify.
Where does sphacelate come from?
From sphacel (“gangrene”) + -ate (verb-forming suffix).

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