dehonestate
English
Etymology
Latin dehonestatus, past participle of dehonestare (“to dishonour”).
Verb
dehonestate (third-person singular simple present dehonestates, present participle dehonestating, simple past and past participle dehonestated)
- (obsolete, rare, transitive) To disparage.
- 1825, Charles Lamb, "Unitarian Protests", in London Magazine
- dehonestate the intellects of married women
- 1825, Charles Lamb, "Unitarian Protests", in London Magazine
References
dehonestate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
Latin
Verb
dehonestāte
- second-person plural present active imperative of dehonestō