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im·mo·late       [im-uh-leyt] Pronunciation Key
–verb (used with object), -lat·ed, -lat·ing.
1.to sacrifice.
2.to kill as a sacrificial victim, as by fire; offer in sacrifice.
3.to destroy by fire.
[Origin: 1540–50; < L immolātus, ptp. of immolāre to sprinkle with holy meal prior to sacrificing, sacrifice, equiv. to im- im-1 + mol(a) sacrificial barley cake, lit., millstone (see mill1) + -ātus -ate1]

—Related forms
im·mo·la·tor, noun
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im·mo·late       (ĭm'ə-lāt')  Pronunciation Key 
tr.v.   im·mo·lat·ed, im·mo·lat·ing, im·mo·lates
  1. To kill as a sacrifice.
  2. To kill (oneself) by fire.
  3. To destroy.


[Latin immolāre, immolāt-, to sacrifice, sprinkle with sacrificial meal : in-, on; see in-2 + mola, meal, millstone; see melə- in Indo-European roots.]

im'mo·la'tion n., im'mo·la'tor n.
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