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exuviate

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ex⋅u⋅vi⋅ate

  [ig-zoo-vee-eyt, ik-soo-]
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–verb (used without object), verb (used with object), -at⋅ed, -at⋅ing.
to cast off or shed (exuviae); molt.
Origin:
1850–55; exuvi(ae) + -ate 1

Related forms:
ex⋅u⋅vi⋅a⋅tion, noun
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ex·u·vi·ate   (ĭg-zōō'vē-āt')   
v.   ex·u·vi·at·ed, ex·u·vi·at·ing, ex·u·vi·ates

v.   tr.
To shed or cast off (a covering).
v.   intr.
To shed or cast off exuviae; molt.

[exuvi(ae) + -ate1.]
ex·u'vi·a'tion n.
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