Join free

desecate

English · Español

AI In plain words

Writing a short explanation…

Written by a house AI from the entry below, in your language. The entry itself is the source.

desecate¹

Where it comes from

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).

verb desecates · desecating · desecated

  1. obsolete, rare To cut, as with a scythe; to mow. So far as it has gone, it probably is the most pure and desecated public good which has ever been conferred on mankind.

desecate²

verb desecates · desecating · desecated

  1. obsolete Obsolete spelling of desiccate […] and which new element will, by a sort of elective attraction, secrete and desecate from ore and alloy, all the truth that either has.

Talk about this word

Cite this
MLA

"desecate." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/desecate. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

desecate. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/desecate

Chicago

"desecate." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/desecate.

BibTeX
@misc{desecate_2026,
  title = {desecate},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/desecate},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}