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Meaning of IMMOLATE

Pronunciation:  'imu`leyt

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [v]  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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 See Also: sacrifice

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\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.]
To sacrifice; to offer in sacrifice; to kill, as a
sacrificial victim.
      Worshipers, who not only immolate to them [the deities]
      the lives of men, but . . . the virtue and honor of
      women.                                   --Boyle.
 
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Thesaurus Terms
 
 Related Terms: annihilate, appease, bereave of life, carry away, carry off, chloroform, cut down, cut off, deprive of life, destroy, dispatch, dispose of, do away with, do for, do to death, end, execute, exterminate, finish, finish off, immolate before, kill, launch into eternity, liquidate, lynch, make away with, make propitiation, make sacrifice to, martyr, martyrize, offer sacrifice, poison, propitiate, purge, put away, put down, put to death, put to sleep, remove from life, sacrifice, slay, starve, take life, take off, victimize
 

 

 

 

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