inodiate

English

Etymology

From in- (“in”) +‎ Latin odium (“hatred”). Doublet of annoy.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɪˈnəʊdieɪt/

Verb

inodiate (third-person singular simple present inodiates, present participle inodiating, simple past and past participle inodiated)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To make odious or hateful.
    • 1692–1717, Robert South, Twelve Sermons Preached upon Several Occasions, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), 6th edition, London: […] J[ames] Bettenham, for Jonah Bowyer, […], published 1727, →OCLC:
      he inflicts them for quite other Ends ; as partly to give the World fresh Demonstrations of his hatred of Sin , and partly to inodiate and inbitter Sin to the chastised Sinner

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for inodiate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)

Anagrams

Latin

Verb

inodiāte

  1. second-person plural present active imperative of inodiō
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