libate

See also: libáté and líbáte

English

Etymology

From Latin lībātus, from lībāre (to pour out, taste).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /laɪˈbeɪt/
  • Hyphenation: li‧bate

Verb

libate (third-person singular simple present libates, present participle libating, simple past and past participle libated)

  1. (intransitive) To pour a liquid, most often wine, in sacrifice on the ground, on a ritual object, or on a victim, in honor of some deity.
  2. (intransitive) To drink an alcoholic beverage. (Can we verify(+) this sense?)

Anagrams

Latin

Participle

lībāte

  1. vocative masculine singular of lībātus

Spanish

Verb

libate

  1. second-person singular voseo imperative of libar combined with te