"epilate" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: epilates [present, singular, third-person], epilating [participle, present], epilated [participle, past], epilated [past]
Etymology: From e- + Latin pilus (“hair”) + -ate. Etymology templates: {{l|en|e-}} e-, {{der|en|la|pilus||hair}} Latin pilus (“hair”), {{l|en|-ate}} -ate Head templates: {{en-verb}} epilate (third-person singular simple present epilates, present participle epilating, simple past and past participle epilated)
  1. To remove hair from the body by mechanical, chemical or other means. Categories (topical): Hair Synonyms: depilate Derived forms: epilation, epilator

Inflected forms

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