dealbate
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin dealbatus, past participle of dealbare. See daub.
Verb
dealbate (third-person singular simple present dealbates, present participle dealbating, simple past and past participle dealbated)
- (obsolete, transitive) To whiten.
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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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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 dealbate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)
Anagrams
- dateable
Latin
Verb
dealbāte
- second-person plural present active imperative of dealbō