English
exaugurate
Exaugurate comes from Latin exauguratus.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEexauguratus
- Englishearliest quotation 1601exaugurate
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEexauguratus
- Englishearliest quotation 1601exaugurate
Earliest quotation: 1601, Caius Plinius Secundus [i.e., [Book I.]: “[Tarquin] determined to exaugurate and unhallow certain churches and…”
Every English word from Latin exauguratus
Today it means
verb To annul the consecration of: to deconsecrate, secularize, profane, or otherwise unhallow (historical) particularly in ancient Roman contexts.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin exauguratus / exaugurate