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Ruinate
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 1 of 3
Part of speech: verb (v.)
1. To demolish; to subvert; to destroy; to reduce to poverty; to ruin. I will not ruinate my fShak. Ruinating thereby the health of their bodies. Burton.
2. To cause to fall; to cast down. On the other side they saw that perilous rock Threatening itself on them to ruinate. Spenser.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 3
Part of speech: verb (v.)
To fall; to tumble. [Obs.]
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 3 of 3
Part of speech: adjective (a.)
Involved in ruin; ruined. My brother Edward lives in pomp and state, I in a mansion here all ruinate. J. Webster.