Definition of EXAUGURATE

exaugurate

Verb

  • To annul the consecration of: to deconsecrate, secularize, profane, or otherwise unhallow (historical) particularly in ancient Roman contexts.

Origin / Etymology

From Latin exauguratus under the influence of English -ate, past participle of exaugurāre (“to deconsecrate, to profane”), from ex (“ex-: undo”) + augurāre (“to act as augur, to consecrate”), from augur + -āre (verb-forming suffix), q.v.

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