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Webster 1913 Edition

Deracinate

De-rac′i-nate

(dē̍-răs′ĭ-nāt)

,

Verb.

T.

[

imp. & p. p.

Deracinated

(dē̍-răs′ĭ-nāˊtĕd)

;

p. pr. & vb. n.

Deracinating

(dē̍-răs′ĭ-nāˊtĭng)

.]

[F.

déraciner

; pref.

dé-

(L.

dis

) +

racine

root, fr. an assumed LL.

radicina

, fr. L.

radix

,

radicis

, root.]

To pluck up by the roots; to extirpate.

[R.]

While that the colter rusts
That should

deracinate

such savagery.

Shakespeare

Webster 1828 Edition

Deracinate

DERACINATE

,

Verb.

T.

To pluck up by the roots; to extirpate.