dilaniate
English
    
    Etymology
    
Latin dīlāniātus, past participle of dīlāniō (“to dilacerate”); dis- + lāniō (“to tear to pieces”).
Pronunciation
    
- IPA(key): /dɪˈleɪnieɪt/
Verb
    
dilaniate (third-person singular simple present dilaniates, present participle dilaniating, simple past and past participle dilaniated)
- To rend in pieces; to tear.
-  1640, I. H. [i.e., James Howell], ΔΕΝΔΡΟΛΟΓΊΑ [DENDROLOGIA]. Dodona’s Grove, or, The Vocall Forrest, London: […] T[homas] B[adger] for H. Mosley [i.e., Humphrey Moseley] […], →OCLC:- dilaniate the entrailes of their owne mother
 
 
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References
    
dilaniate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
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Verb
    
dilaniate
- inflection of dilaniare:
- second-person plural present indicative/subjunctive
- second-person plural imperative
 
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