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immolate
(encz) | immolate,obětovat např. zvíře v: Zdeněk Brož |
Immolate
(gcide) | Immolate \Im"mo*late\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Immolated; p. pr. &
vb. n. Immolating.] [L. immolatus, p. p. of immolare to
sacrifice, orig., to sprinkle a victim with sacrifical meal;
pref. im- in + mola grits or grains of spelt coarsely ground
and mixed with salt; also, mill. See Molar, Meal ground
grain.]
1. To sacrifice; to offer in sacrifice; to kill, as a
sacrificial victim.
[1913 Webster]
Worshipers, who not only immolate to them [the
deities] the lives of men, but . . . the virtue and
honor of women. --Boyle.
[1913 Webster]
2. To destroy by fire.
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immolate
(wn) | immolate
v 1: offer as a sacrifice by killing or by giving up to
destruction; "The Aztecs immolated human victims";
"immolate the valuables at the temple" |
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immolated
(encz) | immolated, |
Immolate
(gcide) | Immolate \Im"mo*late\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Immolated; p. pr. &
vb. n. Immolating.] [L. immolatus, p. p. of immolare to
sacrifice, orig., to sprinkle a victim with sacrifical meal;
pref. im- in + mola grits or grains of spelt coarsely ground
and mixed with salt; also, mill. See Molar, Meal ground
grain.]
1. To sacrifice; to offer in sacrifice; to kill, as a
sacrificial victim.
[1913 Webster]
Worshipers, who not only immolate to them [the
deities] the lives of men, but . . . the virtue and
honor of women. --Boyle.
[1913 Webster]
2. To destroy by fire.
[PJC] |
Immolated
(gcide) | Immolate \Im"mo*late\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Immolated; p. pr. &
vb. n. Immolating.] [L. immolatus, p. p. of immolare to
sacrifice, orig., to sprinkle a victim with sacrifical meal;
pref. im- in + mola grits or grains of spelt coarsely ground
and mixed with salt; also, mill. See Molar, Meal ground
grain.]
1. To sacrifice; to offer in sacrifice; to kill, as a
sacrificial victim.
[1913 Webster]
Worshipers, who not only immolate to them [the
deities] the lives of men, but . . . the virtue and
honor of women. --Boyle.
[1913 Webster]
2. To destroy by fire.
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