profanate

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profanate

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Learned borrowing from Classical Latin profānāt-, the past participial stem of profānō. By surface analysis, profane + -ate.

verb profanates · profanating · profanated

To profane; to make profane. In his play, Mr. Sobol insulted the honor of the Jewish victims and profanated their memory.

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@misc{profanate_2026,
  title = {profanate},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/profanate},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}