ruinate

[ roo-uh-neyt ]

verb (used with object)

, ru·in·at·ed, ru·in·at·ing.

1. to ruin.

adjective

1. ruined.

Word History and Origins

Origin of ruinate¹

1530–40; < Medieval Latin ruīnātus, past participle of ruīnāre. See ruin, -ate ¹

Example Sentences

The house, save for the actual fabric of it, had become rather dilapidated and ruinate.

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So Theobald, in accordance with the rime, read for ruinate of the folio.

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