dealbate
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Latin dealbatus, past participle of dealbare. See daub.
Verb
[edit]dealbate (third-person singular simple present dealbates, present participle dealbating, simple past and past participle dealbated)
- (obsolete, transitive) To whiten.
- 1657, Jean de Renou, A Medicinal Dispensatory:
- Medicks prescribe Dentifricies to exterge and dealbate the teeth
References
[edit]- “dealbate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Anagrams
[edit]Latin
[edit]Verb
[edit]dealbāte