delignate

English

Etymology

From de- +‎ lign- +‎ -ate (verb-forming suffix).

Verb

delignate (third-person singular simple present delignates, present participle delignating, simple past and past participle delignated)

1. (rare, transitive) To clear or strip of wood.
   • 1655, Thomas Fuller, The Church-history of Britain; […], London: […] Iohn Williams […], →OCLC, (please specify |book=I to XI):

     It moves me much his accusation of covetousness , dilapidating , or rather delignating , his bishopric

   • 1893, Experiment Station Record, volume 4, page 430:

     The machine gave a smoothly delignated ribbon, with small percentage of woody waste, save in a few stalks […]

   • 1919, Official Gazette of the United States Patent Office:

     […] in concentrating the said delignated waste liquor and incorporating therewith quicklime to produce causticized substantially dry, powdered, lime organic material […]

References

• “delignate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• genitaled