dilaniate

English

Etymology

(deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin dilaniatus, past participle of dilaniare to dilacerate; di- = dis- + laniare to tear to pieces.

Verb

1. To rend in pieces; to tear.

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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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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 “dilaniate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

• taenidial

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Italian

Verb

dilaniate

1. second-person plural present indicative of dilaniare
2. second-person plural imperative of dilaniare
3. second-person plural present subjunctive of dilaniare
4. feminine plural of dilaniato

Anagrams

• adenilati

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Latin

Verb

(deprecated template usage) dīlaniāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of dīlaniō