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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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