Category:Ruinate

Ru"in*ate, v. t. Etym: [ll. ruinatus, p.p. of ruinare to ruin. See Ruin.]

1. To demolish; to subvert; to destroy; to reduce to poverty; to Ruin. I will not ruinate my fshak. Ruinating thereby the health of their bodies. Burton.

2. To cause to fall; to cast down. On the other side they saw that perilous rock threatening itself on Them to ruinate. Spenser.

Ruinate Ru"in*ate, v. i.

Defn: to fall; to tumble. [obs.]

Ruinate Ru"in*ate, a. Etym: [l. ruinatus, p.p.]

Defn: involved in ruin; ruined. My brother edward lives in pomp and state, i in a mansion here all Ruinate. J. Webster.