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horripilate

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hor⋅rip⋅i⋅late

  [haw-rip-uh-leyt, ho-]
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–verb (used with object), -lat⋅ed, -lat⋅ing.
to produce horripilation on.
Origin:
1615–25; < L horripilātus (ptp. of horripilāre to become bristly). See horrify, pile 3 , -ate 1
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hor·rip·i·la·tion   (hô-rĭp'ə-lā'shən, hŏ-)   
n.  The bristling of the body hair, as from fear or cold; goose bumps.

[Late Latin horripilātiō, horripilātiōn-, from Latin horripilātus, past participle of horripilāre, to bristle with hairs : horrēre, to tremble + pilāre, to grow hair (from pilus, hair).]
hor·rip'i·late' v.
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