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Webster 1913 Edition


Dilaniate

Di-la′ni-ate

,
Verb.
T.
[L.
dilaniatus
, p. p. of
dilaniare
to dilacerate;
di- = dis-
+
laniare
to tear to pieces.]
To rend in pieces; to tear.
[R.]
Howell.

Webster 1828 Edition


Dilaniate

DILANIATE

,
Verb.
T.
[L., to rend in pieces.] To tear; to rend in pieces; to mangle. [Little used.]