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excorticate

[ eks-kawr-ti-keyt ]

verb (used with object)

excorticated, excorticating.
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Word History and Origins

Origin of excorticate1

1375–1425 for earlier adj. sense; 1650–60 for current sense; late Middle English excorticat hulled < Late Latin 泦ǰپٳܲ, past participle of 泦ǰپ to peel. See ex- 1, cortex, -ate 1
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Excorticate, eks-kor′ti-kāt, v.t. to strip the bark off.—n.

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