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Webster 1913 Edition
Terebrate
Ter′e-brate
,Verb.
T.
[L.
terebratus
, p. p. of terebrare
, from terebra
a borer, terere
to rub.] To perforate; to bore; to pierce.
[R.]
Sir T. Browne.
Webster 1828 Edition
Terebrate
TER'EBRATE
,Verb.
T.
Definition 2024
terebrate
terebrate
English
Verb
terebrate (third-person singular simple present terebrates, present participle terebrating, simple past and past participle terebrated)
Usage notes
- The present participle terebrating is applied mainly to mollusks that make holes in rocks, wood, etc. and to certain kinds of pain, especially those of locomotor ataxia.