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spacelate |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Spacelate \Spac"e*late\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Sphacelated}; p. pr & vb n. {Sphacelating}.] [NL. sphacelare, sphacelatum mortify: cf F. sphac['e]ler. See {Sphacelus}.] (Med.) To die, decay, or become gangrenous, as flesh or bone; to mortify.
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