OPPILATE

Etymology

Verb

oppilate (third-person singular simple present oppilates, present participle oppilating, simple past and past participle oppilated)

(archaic) to block, to stop up, to obstruct

Anagrams

• epitopal

Source: Wiktionary


Op"pi*late, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Oppilated; p. pr. & vb. n. Oppilating.] Etym: [L. oppilatus, p.p. of oppilare to stop up; ob (see Ob-) + pilare to ram down, to thrust.]

Definition: To crowd together; to fill with obstructions; to block up. [Obs.] Cockeram.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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