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Webster 1913 Edition

Immolate

Im′mo-late

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Immolated
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Immolating
.]
[L.
immolatus
, p. p. of
immolare
to sacrifice, orig., to sprinkle a victim with sacrifical meal; pref.
im-
in +
mola
grits or grains of spelt coarsely ground and mixed with salt; also, mill. See
Molar
,
Meal
ground grain.]
1.
To sacrifice; to offer in sacrifice; to kill, as a sacrificial victim.
Worshipers, who not only
immolate
to them [the deities] the lives of men, but . . . the virtue and honor of women.
Boyle.

Webster 1828 Edition

Immolate

IM'MOLATE

,
Verb.
T.
[L. immolo, to sacrifice; in and mola,meal sprinkled with salt, which was thrown on the head of the victim.]
1.
To sacrifice; to kill, as a victim offered in sacrifice.
2.
To offer in sacrifice.
Now immolate the tongues and mix the wine.

Definition 2024

immolate

immolate

English

Verb

immolate ‎(third-person singular simple present immolates, present participle immolating, simple past and past participle immolated)

  1. To kill as a sacrifice.
  2. To destroy, especially by fire.

Derived terms

Translations

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [im.moˈlaː.t̪e], /immoˈlate/

Verb

immolate

  1. second-person plural present indicative of immolare
  2. second-person plural imperative of immolare
  3. feminine plural of immolato

Latin

Pronunciation

Participle

immolāte

  1. vocative masculine singular of immolātus

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin immolō ‎(“I sacrifice”).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈɪm.əʊ.leɪt/, /ˈɪm.ə.leɪt/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈɪm.ə.leɪt/

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