arace

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English

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Etymology

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From Middle English aracen, arasen, from Old French arachier, esracier (modern French arracher), from Latin exradicare, eradicare. The prefix a- is perhaps due to Latin ab. See eradicate.

Verb

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arace (third-person singular simple present araces, present participle aracing, simple past and past participle araced)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To tear up by the roots; to draw away.
    • 1557, Thomas Wyatt, “Complaint upon Love to Reason”, in Tottel's Miscellany:
      I had my thought, and mynde araced

References

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arace”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

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