English Explanatory Dictionary

desecate

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To cut, as with a scythe; to mow.
verb
  1. Obsolete spelling of desiccate.

Word forms

desecate desecates desecating desecated

Etymology

First attested in 1623; borrowed from Medieval Latin dēsecātus, a variant of dēsectus, the perfect passive participle of dēsecō (“to cut off”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix).

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