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Exarate
Ex′a-rate
,Verb.
T.
[L.
exaratus
, p. p. of exarare
to plow up, to write; ex
out + arare
to plow.] To plow up; also, to engrave; to write.
[Obs.]
Blount.
Definition 2024
exarate
exarate
English
Adjective
exarate (comparative more exarate, superlative most exarate)
- (entomology, of a pupa) Having the appendages free and not attached to the body wall.
See also
Etymology 2
Latin exaratus, past participle of exarare (“to plough up, to write”); ex (“out”) + arare (“to plough”).
Verb
exarate (third-person singular simple present exarates, present participle exarating, simple past and past participle exarated)
- (obsolete) To plough up.
- (obsolete) To write or engrave.
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