ablactate Audio Pronunciation Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on Google+ \ab-LAK-teyt\ verb 1. to wean. Quotes His style, however, has found imitators; especially of late years, since the rage commenced of disfiguring and debasing our language by innovation. Such writers, instead of brittle, would say fragile; instead of fruitfulness, feracity; and humectate, steril, desiderate, ablactate, indigitate, etc. instead of moisten, barren, desire (or wish for), wean, point out, etc. -- James Beattie, The Works of James Beattie, LL.D., Vol. IV, 1809 Origin Ablactate entered English in the 1700s and combines the Latin prefix ab- meaning from or away, and lac meaning milk.
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