eventrate

English

Etymology

Back-formation from eventration on the basis of -ate (verb-forming suffix) or directly derived from French éventrer. Compare eventerate.

Verb

eventrate (third-person singular simple present eventrates, present participle eventrating, simple past and past participle eventrated) (obsolete, rare)

  1. (transitive) To open the bowels of, disembowel.
  2. (intransitive) To protrude through a defect or weakness in the abdominal wall, to come out of one's belly.

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