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Spacelate

Spac"e*late\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Sphacelated; p. pr. & vb. n. Sphacelating.] [NL. sphacelare, sphacelatum, mortify: cf. F. sphac['e]ler. See Sphacelus.] (Med.) To die, decay, or become gangrenous, as flesh or bone; to mortify.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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