ruinate (third-person singular simple present ruinates, present participle ruinating, simple past and past participle ruinated)
(transitive, now rare) To reduce to ruins; to destroy.
(intransitive) To fall; to tumble.
ruinate (not comparable)
Falling into ruin; decrepit.
• Taurine, taurine, uranite, urinate
Source: Wiktionary
Ru"in*ate, v. t. Etym: [LL. ruinatus, p.p. of ruinare to ruin. See Ruin.]
1. To demolish; to subvert; to destroy; to reduce to poverty; to ruin. I will not ruinate my fShak. Ruinating thereby the health of their bodies. Burton.
2. To cause to fall; to cast down. On the other side they saw that perilous rock Threatening itself on them to ruinate. Spenser.
Ru"in*ate, v. i.
Definition: To fall; to tumble. [Obs.]
Ru"in*ate, a. Etym: [L. ruinatus, p.p.]
Definition: Involved in ruin; ruined. My brother Edward lives in pomp and state, I in a mansion here all ruinate. J. Webster.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
18 April 2025
(noun) the crease at the junction of the inner part of the thigh with the trunk together with the adjacent region and often including the external genitals
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