cicurate

English

Etymology

From Latin cicurare (“to tame”), from cicur (“tame”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɪkjʊɹeɪt/

Verb

cicurate (third-person singular simple present cicurates, present participle cicurating, simple past and past participle cicurated)

1. (obsolete, transitive) To tame, domesticate.
   • 1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], →OCLC:

     even after carnal conversion, poisons may yet retain some portion of their natures; yet are they so refracted, cicurated, and subdued

Related terms

• cicuration

References

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

Anagrams

• cruciate