depilate
Americanverb (used with object)
verb
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Etymology
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 -ate 1
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His Irish friend, with brilliant but less elaborate comments, struggled to depilate a Kaiser-like moustache from his upper lip.
From The Sins of Séverac Bablon by Rohmer, Sax
His comfort might also be explained by the number of visibly depilated men, like David Beckham and the Situation, increasingly evident in mass media.
From New York Times ● Apr. 10, 2012
Matthau is a gruff, irresponsible slob, a sort of cigar-chomping depilated bear who shambles around in his ill-kept cave.
From Time Magazine Archive
Hotchner, 48, is typical of a host of depilated dandies who are discovering that it can be fun to switch images by pasting on mustaches, sideboards* and beards.
From Time Magazine Archive
Unwanted hair is ripped out by its roots with hot wax, shaved, electrolyted and depilated.
From Time Magazine Archive
The precise time to leave depilatory upon the part to be depilated cannot be given, because there is a physical difference in the nature of hair.
From The Art of Perfumery And Methods of Obtaining the Odors of Plants by Piesse, George William Septimus
Maybe economists need to investigate whether part of our high unemployment rate is due to the fact a large percentage of our population is spending most of their time depilating.
From Slate ● Apr. 30, 2013
She goes on to explain that this involves not depilating: "Just as a child doesn't reject the gift of his/her parents, Sikhs do not reject the body that has been given to us."
From The Guardian ● Sep. 26, 2012
The use of arsenical compounds is objectionable, but it undoubtedly increases the depilating action of the compounds.
From The Art of Perfumery And Methods of Obtaining the Odors of Plants by Piesse, George William Septimus
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