exarate

English

Etymology 1

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛksəɹət/

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Adjective

exarate (comparative more exarate, superlative most exarate)

1. (entomology, of a pupa) Having the appendages free and not attached to the body wall.

See also

• coarctate
• obtect

Etymology 2

From Latin exaratus, past participle of exarare (“to plough up, to write”); ex (“out”) + arare (“to plough”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛksəɹeɪt/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Verb

exarate (third-person singular simple present exarates, present participle exarating, simple past and past participle exarated)

1. (obsolete) To plough up.
2. (obsolete) To write or engrave.
   • 1657, Thomas Reeve, God's Plea for Nineveh:

     God hath an observing eye over a Penitent, and doth exarate and can enumerate all his manifestations.

Latin

Verb

exarāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of exarō