libate

See also: libáté and líbáte

English

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Etymology

First attested in 1866; borrowed from Latin lībātus, perfect passive participle of lībō (“to pour out, taste”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix).

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?)

Related terms

• libation

Translations

pour sacrificially

Dutch: plengen (nl)

Anagrams

• albeit, albite, betail

Latin

Participle

lībāte

1. vocative masculine singular of lībātus

Spanish

Verb

libate

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