English Explanatory Dictionary

eventrate

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To open the bowels of, disembowel.
  2. To protrude through a defect or weakness in the abdominal wall, to come out of one's belly.

Word forms

eventrate eventrates eventrating eventrated

Etymology

Back-formation from eventration on the basis of -ate (verb-forming suffix) or directly derived from French éventrer. Compare eventerate.

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