libate

See also: libáté and líbáte

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /laɪˈbeɪt/
• Hyphenation: li‧bate

Verb

libate (third-person singular simple present libates, present participle libating, simple past and past participle libated)

1. (intransitive) To pour a liquid, most often wine, in sacrifice on the ground, on a ritual object, or on a victim, in honor of some deity.
2. (intransitive) To drink an alcoholic beverage. (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?)

Anagrams

• albeit, albite, betail

Latin

Participle

lībāte

1. vocative masculine singular of lībātus

Spanish

Verb

libate

1. second-person singular voseo imperative of libar combined with te