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Webster 1913 Edition


Ablactate

Ab-lac′tate

,
Verb.
T.
[L.
ablactatus
, p. p. of
ablactare
;
ab
+
lactare
to suckle, fr.
lac
milk.]
To wean.
[R.]
Bailey.

Webster 1828 Edition


Ablactate

ABLAC'TATE

,
Verb.
T.
[L. ablacto; from ab and lac, milk.] to wean from the breast. [Little used.]

Definition 2024


ablactate

ablactate

English

Verb

ablactate (third-person singular simple present ablactates, present participle ablactating, simple past and past participle ablactated)

  1. (rare) To wean.
    • 2012, T. K. Lim, Edible Medicinal And Non-Medicinal Plants, volume 4:
      Clausenamide (p.o., consecutive days) increased the density of hippocampal synapses and the number of mossy nerve fibre buddings in ablactated mice and adult rats (Zhang et al. 2001).

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Latin

Verb

ablactāte

  1. second-person plural present active imperative of ablactō