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ruinate |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Ruinate \Ru"in*ate\, v. i. To fall; to tumble. [Obs.] From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Ruinate \Ru"in*ate\, a. [L. ruinatus p. p.] Involved in ruin; ruined. My brother Edward lives in pomp and state, I in a mansion here all ruinate. --J. Webster. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Ruinate \Ru"in*ate\, v. t. [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 f?ther's house. --Shak. 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.
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