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Politics : American Presidential Politics and foreign affairs
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To: ManyMoose who wrote (14135)11/2/2006 10:26:45 PM
From: Peter Dierks  Read Replies (1) of 71588
 
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immolate
im?mo?late /'?m??le?t/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[im-uh-leyt] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation

–verb (used with object), -lat?ed, -lat?ing. 1. to sacrifice.
2. to kill as a sacrificial victim, as by fire; offer in sacrifice.
3. to destroy by fire.

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[Origin: 1540–50; < L immolatus, ptp. of immolare to sprinkle with holy meal prior to sacrificing, sacrifice, equiv. to im- im-1 + mol(a) sacrificial barley cake, lit., millstone (see mill1) + -atus -ate1]

—Related forms
im?mo?la?tor, noun
Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.0.1)
Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2006.
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