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depilate

[ dep-uh-leyt ]

verb (used with object)

depilated, depilating.
  1. to remove the hair from (hides, skin, etc.).


depilate

/ ˈɛɪˌɪ /

verb

  1. tr to remove the hair from
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈ辱ˌٴǰ, noun
  • ˌ辱ˈپDz, noun
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Other Word Forms

  • i·tDz noun
  • i·tǰ noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of depilate1

1550–60; < Latin ŧ辱ٳܲ (past participle of ŧ辱 to pluck), equivalent to ŧ- de- + pil ( ) to deprive of hair (derivative of pilus a hair) + -ٳܲ -ate 1
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Word History and Origins

Origin of depilate1

C16: from Latin ŧ辱, from pil to make bald, from pilus hair
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Example Sentences

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Few men — those who play increasingly ripped and depilated superheroes excepted — are expected to rise to the same level.

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Perfumed, depilated, moist with emollients, wearing kohl around her eyes, Victoria let Lefty look upon her.

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Nearly everyone is in need of a good killing, and Agent 47, the depilated murder machine at the center of the long-running Hitman franchise, is just the man for the job.

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She goes on to explain that this involves not depilating: "Just as a child doesn't reject the gift of his/her parents, Sikhs do not reject the body that has been given to us."

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The school—a slab of concrete, surrounded by a perimeter of depilated classrooms—resembles a prison.

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