"abacinate" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /æbˈæsɪneɪt/ [UK] Audio: En-uk-abacinate.ogg [UK] Forms: abacinates [present, singular, third-person], abacinating [participle, present], abacinated [participle, past], abacinated [past]
Etymology: From Late Latin abacinātus, perfect passive participle of abacinō; possibly formed from ab (“off”) + bacīnum (“a basin”) or bacīnus. Probably cognate with modern Italian abbacinare (“to dazzle”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|LL.|abacinātus}} Late Latin abacinātus, {{m|la|abacinō}} abacinō, {{m|la|ab||off}} ab (“off”), {{m|la|bacīnum||a basin}} bacīnum (“a basin”), {{m|la|bacīnus}} bacīnus, {{m|it|abbacinare||to dazzle}} abbacinare (“to dazzle”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} abacinate (third-person singular simple present abacinates, present participle abacinating, simple past and past participle abacinated)
  1. (transitive, rare) To blind by holding a red-hot metal rod or plate before the eyes Wikipedia link: abacinate Tags: rare, transitive Categories (topical): Torture Derived forms: abacination Translations (to blind by holding a red-hot metal rod or plate before the eyes): abacinar (Portuguese)

Inflected forms

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