ablaqueate
English
Etymology
Learned borrowing from LatinCategory:English terms borrowed from Latin#ABLAQUEATECategory:English learned borrowings from Latin#ABLAQUEATECategory:English terms derived from Latin#ABLAQUEATE ablaqueātus (“loosened, dug up”), past participle of ablaqueō (“to disentangle”), formed from ab- + laqueō (“noose”).
Verb
ablaqueate (third-person singular simple present ablaqueates, present participle ablaqueating, simple past and past participle ablaqueated)Category:English lemmas#ABLAQUEATECategory:English verbs#ABLAQUEATECategory:English entries with incorrect language header#ABLAQUEATECategory:Pages with entries#ABLAQUEATECategory:Pages with 2 entries#ABLAQUEATE
- (transitiveCategory:English transitive verbs#ABLAQUEATE, obsoleteCategory:English terms with obsolete senses#ABLAQUEATE) To lay bare, as the roots of a tree, by loosening or removing soil. [Attested from around (1350 to 1470) until the mid 18th century.][1]
- 1847, Thomas Keightley, The Bucolics and Georgics of Virgil:
- After the autumnal equinox they were to be ablaqueated like the vines. Every third year they were to be dunged, and after some years (generally the eighth) to be pruned; for there was an old saying, to wit, eum qui aret olivetum rogare fructum; qui stercoret exorare; qui caedat cogere.Category:English terms with quotations#ABLAQUEATE
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References
- ↑ Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “ablaqueate”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford; New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 5.
Latin
Verb
ablaqueāteCategory:Latin non-lemma forms#ABLAQUEATECategory:Latin verb forms#ABLAQUEATECategory:Latin entries with incorrect language header#ABLAQUEATECategory:Pages with entries#ABLAQUEATECategory:Pages with 2 entries#ABLAQUEATE