| ABDICATE | • abdicate v. (Transitive, obsolete) To disclaim and expel from the family, as a father his child; to disown; to disinherit. • abdicate v. (Transitive, reflexive, obsolete) To formally separate oneself from or to divest oneself of. • abdicate v. (Transitive, obsolete) To depose. |
| APRICATE | • apricate v. (Intransitive, rare) To bask in the sun. • apricate v. (Transitive, also figuratively, rare) To disinfect and freshen by exposing to the sun; to sun. • APRICATE v. to expose to sunlight. |
| DEDICATE | • dedicate v. (Transitive) To set apart for a deity or for religious purposes; consecrate. • dedicate v. (Transitive) To set apart for a special use. • dedicate v. (Transitive) To commit (oneself) to a particular course of thought or action. |
| DELICATE | • delicate adj. Easily damaged or requiring careful handling. • delicate adj. Characterized by a fine structure or thin lines. • delicate adj. Intended for use with fragile items. |
| INDICATE | • indicate v. To point out; to discover; to direct to a knowledge of; to show; to make known. • indicate v. To show or manifest by symptoms; to point to as the proper remedies. • indicate v. To signal in a vehicle the desire to turn right or left. |
| LORICATE | • loricate v. (Transitive) To cover with some protecting substance, as with lute, a crust, coating, or plates. • loricate adj. (Microbiology) Possessing a lorica (enclosing shell). • loricate adj. (Zoology) Of or pertaining to the rotifers with thick, rigid cuticles and a box-like shape. |
| MEDICATE | • medicate v. (Transitive) To prescribe or administer medication to. • medicate v. (Transitive, of a substance) To have a medicinal or healing effect on a person, body part, or ailment; to act on. • MEDICATE v. to treat with medicine. |
| MURICATE | • muricate adj. (Biology) covered with short rough points or studs. • muricate adj. (Mycology) covered with crystals. • MURICATE adj. rough or warty with short sharp points, also MURICATED. |
| MUTICATE | • MUTICATE adj. in botany, having no point or awn, also MUTICOUS. |
| PUMICATE | • pumicate v. (Transitive) To make smooth with pumice. • PUMICATE v. to make smooth with pumice. |
| RADICATE | • radicate v. (Transitive, rare) To cause to take root; to plant or establish firmly. • radicate v. (Intransitive, obsolete) To take root; to become established. • radicate v. (Transitive, arithmetic, rare) To extract the root of a number. |
| SILICATE | • silicate n. (Inorganic chemistry) Any salt of silica or of one of the silicic acids; any mineral composed of silicates. • SILICATE v. to combine with silica. |
| SONICATE | • sonicate v. (Transitive) To disrupt with ultrasonic sound waves. • SONICATE v. to disrupt with sound waves. |
| SURICATE | • suricate n. The meerkat, a member of the mongoose family. • SURICATE n. (Dutch) a South African carnivore, aka meerkat, related to the ichneumon. |
| TUNICATE | • tunicate n. Any of very many chordate marine animals, of the subphyla Tunicata or Urochordata, including the sea squirts. • tunicate adj. Of or pertaining to these animals. • tunicate adj. (Anatomy, botany) Enclosed in a tunic or mantle; covered or coated with layers. |
| URTICATE | • urticate v. To have or produce a stinging sensation, as of nettles or urticating hair. • urticate adj. Marked by the presence of wheals. • URTICATE v. to cause to itch or sting. |
| VESICATE | • vesicate v. To blister; to raise blisters on. • VESICATE v. to blister. |