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depilate

[ dep-uh-leyt ]
/ ˈdɛp əˌleɪt /
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verb (used with object), dep·i·lat·ed, dep·i·lat·ing.

to remove the hair from (hides, skin, etc.).

RELATED WORDS

naked, barren, bare, hairless, bald, clean-shaven, head, exposed, smooth, uncovered, shaven, stark, baldheaded, glabrous, egghead, beardless, glabrate, glabrescent, shorn

Nearby words

dephosphorylation, depict, depiction, depicture, depigmentation, depilate, depilation, depilatory, depill, deplane, deplete

Origin of depilate

1550–60; < Latin dēpilātus (past participle of dēpilāre to pluck), equivalent to dē- de- + pil(āre) to deprive of hair (derivative of pilus a hair) + -ātus -ate1

Related forms

dep·i·la·tion, noundep·i·la·tor, noun
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British Dictionary definitions for depilated

depilate

/ (ˈdɛpɪˌleɪt) /

verb

(tr) to remove the hair from

Derived Forms

depilation, noundepilator, noun

Word Origin for depilate

C16: from Latin dēpilāre, from pilāre to make bald, from pilus hair
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Medicine definitions for depilated

depilate

[ dĕp′ə-lāt′ ]

v.

To remove hair from the body.
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