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Webster 1913 Edition


Aberuncate

Abˊe-run′cate

,
Verb.
T.
[L.
aberuncare
, for
aberruncare
. See
Averruncate
.]
To weed out.
[Obs.]
Bailey.

Definition 2024


aberuncate

aberuncate

English

Verb

aberuncate (third-person singular simple present aberuncates, present participle aberuncating, simple past and past participle aberuncated)

  1. (rare, transitive) To eradicate; to pull up by the roots. [from 18th c.]
    • 1983, Alasdair Gray, “Logopandocy”, in Every Short Story 1951-2012, Canongate, published 2012, page 136:
      those embryonical conceits which quaversally disposed intellects too often neglect, abort and aberuncate for clamouring projects more fully formed [] .