debellate
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Definition of debellate
1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included
verb
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(obsolete, transitive)To conquer (someone) in war; to subdue.
“They [the French] deſire (king Edward [III] grovvne aged) not to ſeeme by ſitting ſtill vpon ſo many thornes of diſgrace, and loſſe, to haue beene outvvarred, though ouer-vvarred, and though in tvvo or three battels inferior, yet not to haue beene clearly debellated.”
“It doth notably set forth the consent of all nations and ages, in the approbation of the extirpating and debellating of giants, monsters, and foreign tyrants, not only as lawful, but as meritorious even of divine honour.”
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Etymology
First attested in 1611; borrowed from Latin dēbellātus, perfect passive participle of dēbellō (“to subdue”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix). Doublet of debel.
Words you can make from debellate
133 playable · top: DELETABLE (12 pts)
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4 words6-letter words
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21 words4-letter words
43 words- ABED 7 pts
- BADE 7 pts
- BALD 7 pts
- BEAD 7 pts
- BLED 7 pts
- DEBT 7 pts
- ABET 6 pts
- ABLE 6 pts
- BALE 6 pts
- BALL 6 pts
- BATE 6 pts
- BEAL 6 pts
- BEAT 6 pts
- BEET 6 pts
- BELL 6 pts
- BELT 6 pts
- BETA 6 pts
- BLAE 6 pts
- BLAT 6 pts
- BLET 6 pts
- DALE 5 pts
- DATE 5 pts
- DEAL 5 pts
- DEET 5 pts
- DELE 5 pts
- DELL 5 pts
- DELT 5 pts
- LADE 5 pts
- LEAD 5 pts
- LEDE 5 pts
- TEED 5 pts
- ALEE 4 pts
- LATE 4 pts
- LEAL 4 pts
- LEET 4 pts
- TAEL 4 pts
- TALE 4 pts
- TALL 4 pts
- TEAL 4 pts
- TEEL 4 pts
- TELA 4 pts
- TELE 4 pts
- TELL 4 pts
3-letter words
37 words- BAD 6 pts
- BED 6 pts
- DAB 6 pts
- DEB 6 pts
- ALB 5 pts
- BAE 5 pts
- BAL 5 pts
- BAT 5 pts
- BEE 5 pts
- BEL 5 pts
- BET 5 pts
- LAB 5 pts
- TAB 5 pts
- DAL 4 pts
- DEE 4 pts
- DEL 4 pts
- ELD 4 pts
- LAD 4 pts
- LED 4 pts
- TAD 4 pts
- TED 4 pts
- ALE 3 pts
- ALL 3 pts
- ALT 3 pts
- ATE 3 pts
- EAT 3 pts
- EEL 3 pts
- ELL 3 pts
- ETA 3 pts
- LAT 3 pts
- LEA 3 pts
- LEE 3 pts
- LET 3 pts
- TAE 3 pts
- TEA 3 pts
- TEE 3 pts
- TEL 3 pts
2-letter words
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