NUNCUPATE

Etymology

Verb

nuncupate (third-person singular simple present nuncupates, present participle nuncupating, simple past and past participle nuncupated)

(transitive) To dedicate.

(transitive) To solemnly pronounce

(transitive, legal) To declare, usually of a will, by word of mouth only.

Source: Wiktionary


Nun"cu*pate, v. t. Etym: [L. nuncupatus, p. p. of nuncupare to nuncupate, prob. fr. nomen name + capere to take.]

1. To declare publicly or solemnly; to proclaim formally. [Obs.] In whose presence did St. Peter nuncupate it Barrow.

2. To dedicate by declaration; to inscribe; as, to nuncupate a book. [Obs.] Evelyn.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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