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Webster 1913 Edition

Lacerate

Lac′er-ate

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Lacerated
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Lacerating
.]
[L.
laceratus
, p. p. of
lacerare
to lacerate, fr.
lacer
mangled, lacerated; cf. Gr. [GREEK] a rent, rending, [GREEK] to tear; perh. akin to E.
slay
.]
To tear; to rend; to separate by tearing; to mangle;
as, to
lacerate
the flesh
.
Hence:
To afflict; to torture;
as, to
lacerate
the heart
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Lacerate

LAC'ERATE

,
Verb.
T.
[L. lacero, to tear.] To tear; to rend; to separate a substance by violence or tearing; as, to lacerate the flesh. It is applied chiefly to the flesh, or figuratively to the heart. But sometimes it is applied to the political or civil divisions in a state.

LAC'ERATE

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