cicurate

English

Etymology

From Latin cicurare (to tame), from cicur (tame).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsɪkjʊɹeɪt/

Verb

cicurate (third-person singular simple present cicurates, present participle cicurating, simple past and past participle cicurated)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To tame, domesticate.
    • 1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: [], 2nd edition, London: [] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, [], →OCLC:
      even after carnal conversion, poisons may yet retain some portion of their natures; yet are they so refracted, cicurated, and subdued

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