excecate

English

Etymology

From Latin excaecātus, perfect passive participle of excaecō (“to blind”), from ex- (denoting privation) + caecō (“to blind”), from caecus (“blind”).

Verb

excecate (third-person singular simple present excecates, present participle excecating, simple past and past participle excecated)

1. (obsolete) To blind.
   • 1630, James Sharpe, The Triall of the Protestant Priuate Spirit:

     God doth worke inwardly in the hearts of sinners, doth excecate and obdurate the minds of men

Related terms

• excecation

References

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