dehonestate

English

Etymology

Latin dehonestatus, past participle of dehonestare (to dishonour).

Verb

dehonestate (third-person singular simple present dehonestates, present participle dehonestating, simple past and past participle dehonestated)

  1. (obsolete, rare, transitive) To disparage.
    • 1825, Charles Lamb, “Unitarian Protests”, in London Magazine:
      dehonestate the intellects of married women

References

dehonestate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Latin

Verb

dehonestāte

  1. second-person plural present active imperative of dehonestō
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