enecate
English
    
    Etymology
    
From Latin ēnecātus, past participle of ēnecāre; ē- (“out, utterly”) + necāre (“to kill”).
Pronunciation
    
- IPA(key): /ˈɛnɪkeɪt/
Verb
    
enecate (third-person singular simple present enecates, present participle enecating, simple past and past participle enecated)
- (obsolete, rare) To kill off; to destroy.
- 1673, Gideon Harvey, A Discourse of the Plague:- in the manner of a most presentaneous poyson, they enecate in two or three hours
 
 
References
    
- “enecate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Latin
    
    Pronunciation
    
- (Classical) IPA(key): /eː.neˈkaː.te/, [eːnɛˈkäːt̪ɛ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /e.neˈka.te/, [eneˈkäːt̪e]
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