efferate

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efferate

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From Latin efferātus, perfect passive participle of efferō (“to make wild or savage, brutalize, barbarize; to make fierce, infuriate, madden”). By surface analysis, ef- + Latin fer- + -ate.

verb efferates · efferating · efferated

  1. obsolete To excite into a passionate, angry, bestial state. […]; by which meanes he ſtill breaks out againe, and I know not whether more efferated by former attachings, or animated by his often diſchargings, he euer rampeth more feircely than before, and threatneth his accuſers, to ruine all that is holy.

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@misc{efferate_2026,
  title = {efferate},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/efferate},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}