ruinate Meaning, Definition & Usage

Ru"in*ate transitive verb

Etymology

LL. ruinatus, p.p. of ruinare to ruin. See Ruin.

Definitions

1. To demolish; to subvert; to destroy; to reduce to poverty; to ruin.

   I will not ruinate my fther's house. Shak.

   Ruinating thereby the health of their bodies. Burton.

2. To cause to fall; to cast down.

   On the other side they saw that perilous rock Threatening itself on them to ruinate. Spenser.

Ru"in*ate intransitive verb

Definitions

1. To fall; to tumble. Obs.

Ru"in*ate adjective

Etymology

L. ruinatus, p.p.

Definitions

1. Involved in ruin; ruined.

   My brother Edward lives in pomp and state, I in a mansion here all ruinate. J. Webster.