"exnihilate" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: exnihilates [present, singular, third-person], exnihilating [participle, present], exnihilated [participle, past], exnihilated [past]
Etymology: Based on Latin; compare annihilate and ex nihilo. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|la|-}} Latin Head templates: {{en-verb}} exnihilate (third-person singular simple present exnihilates, present participle exnihilating, simple past and past participle exnihilated)
  1. (rare, transitive) To bring into existence from nothing. Tags: rare, transitive Related terms: annihilation, exnihilation, nihilate, nihilation
    Sense id: en-exnihilate-en-verb-21pZbmnU Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations, Pages with 1 entry

Inflected forms

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