Deracinate \De*rac"i*nate\ (d[-e]*r[a^]s"[i^]*n[=a]t), v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Deracinated (d[-e]*r[a^]s"[i^]*n[=a]`t[e^]d);
p. pr. & vb. n. Deracinating
(d[-e]*r[a^]s"[i^]*n[=a]`t[i^]ng).] [F. d['e]raciner; pref.
d['e]- (L. dis) + racine root, fr. an assumed LL. radicina,
fr. L. radix, radicis, root.]
To pluck up by the roots; to extirpate. [R.]
[1913 Webster]
While that the colter rusts
That should deracinate such savagery. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
deracinate
v 1: move (people) forcibly from their homeland into a new and
foreign environment; "The war uprooted many people"
[syn: displace, uproot]
2: pull up by or as if by the roots; "uproot the vine that has
spread all over the garden" [syn: uproot, extirpate, root
out]
WordNet (r) 2.0
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