RUINATES

Verb

ruinates

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ruinate

Anagrams

• Neustria, austrine, instaure, resiaunt, taurines, uranites, urinates

Source: Wiktionary


RUINATE

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



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