effigiate

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effigiate

/ɪˈfɪ.d͡ʒiː.eɪ̯t/ UK
/ɪˈfɪ.d͡ʒi.eɪ̯t/ Canada, US
/ɪˈfɪ.d͡ʒiː.æɪ̯t/ Australia
/əˈfə.d͡ʒiː.æɪ̯t/ New Zealand
/ɪˈfɪ.d͡ʒi.et/ Scotland

Rhymes with -ɪdʒieɪt

Where it comes from

Learned borrowing from Late Latin effigiātus, past participle of effigiō (“to form”), from effigiēs. See effigy.

verb effigiates · effigiating · effigiated

transitive To form as an effigy or make a representation of; to illustrate or depict. Let me give you a hint and instance of it, in that one and remarkable example of Mary Magdalen, who though she were a notorious Malefactor, and a great and grievous Sinner, as the History Evangelical effigiates, and sets her forth unto us yet, hearing that Jesus sate down to meat in a Pharifee's hou
broadly, transitive To fashion; to adapt. The Pattern we were effigiated to, was infinitely knowing, infinitely good; in both we are bound to imitate: bound to be the Reprefentatives of both, or we forfeit our Original, and our similitude, too.
transitive To embody; to manifest. all this notwithstanding, they that are in their tombes & graves shall heare the voice of the Son of man, & earth, earth, earth in Jeremy winnowed and boulted by death into the smallest dust, shall be effigiated and fhaped anew into living men;

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@misc{effigiate_2026,
  title = {effigiate},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/effigiate},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}