rutilate

English

Etymology

From Latin rutilare, rutilatum.

Verb

rutilate (third-person singular simple present rutilates, present participle rutilating, simple past and past participle rutilated)

  1. (obsolete) To shine; to emit rays of light.
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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for rutilate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Anagrams

Latin

Verb

rutilāte

  1. second-person plural present active imperative of rutilō
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