conquassate

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin conquassātus, perfect passive participle of conquassō, see -ate (verb-forming suffix).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɒŋˈkwæseɪt/, /kɒŋˈkwɒseɪt/

Verb

conquassate (third-person singular simple present conquassates, present participle conquassating, simple past and past participle conquassated)

  1. (obsolete, transitive, rare) To shake; to agitate.
    • 1672, Gideon Harvey, Morbus Anglicus, Or, The Anatomy of Consumptions:
      vomits do violently conquassate the Lungs, and tear the Ulcer wider

References

conquassate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Latin

Verb

conquassāte

  1. second-person plural present active imperative of conquassō