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)
- (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
Related terms
References
“conquassate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Latin
Verb
conquassāte
- second-person plural present active imperative of conquassō