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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Immolate  \Im"mo*late\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Immolated};  p.  pr  & 
  vb  n.  {Immolating}.]  [L.  immolatus  p.  p.  of  immolare  to 
  sacrifice,  orig.,  to  sprinkle  a  victim  with  sacrifical  meal; 
  pref.  im-  in  +  mola  grits  or  grains  of  spelt  coarsely  ground 
  and  mixed  with  salt;  also  mill.  See  {Molar},  {Meal}  ground 
  grain.] 
  To  sacrifice;  to  offer  in  sacrifice;  to  kill,  as  a 
  sacrificial  victim. 
 
  Worshipers,  who  not  only  immolate  to  them  [the  deities] 
  the  lives  of  men,  but  .  .  .  the  virtue  and  honor  of 
  women.  --Boyle. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  immolate 
  v  :  offer  as  a  sacrifice  by  killing 




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