jaculate
[ jak-yuh-leyt ]
/ ˈdʒæk yəˌleɪt /
verb (used with object), jac·u·lat·ed, jac·u·lat·ing.
to throw or hurl (a dart, javelin, etc.).
Nearby words
- jacquerie,
- jacques,
- jacques bonhomme,
- jactation,
- jactitation,
- jaculatory,
- jaculiferous,
- jacuzzi,
- jadassohn-lewandowsky syndrome,
- jadassohn-tièche nevus
Origin of jaculate
1615–25; < Latin jaculātus (past participle of jaculāre to throw the javelin), equivalent to jacul(um) javelin (noun use of neuter of jaculus used for hurling, equivalent to jac- hurl + -ulus adj. suffix) + -ātus -ate1
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