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English
Etymology 1
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Pronunciation
Adjective
exarate (comparative more exarate, superlative most exarate)
- (entomology, of a pupa) Having the appendages free and not attached to the body wall.
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Etymology 2
From Latin exaratus, past participle of exarare (“to plough up, to write”); ex (“out”) + arare (“to plough”).
Pronunciation
Verb
exarate (third-person singular simple present exarates, present participle exarating, simple past and past participle exarated)
- (obsolete) To plough up.
- (obsolete) To write or engrave.
1657, Thomas Reeve, God's Plea for Nineveh:God hath an observing eye over a Penitent, and doth exarate and can enumerate all his manifestations.
Latin
Verb
exarāte
- second-person plural present active imperative of exarō