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ver⋅mi⋅nate

  [vur-muh-neyt]
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–verb (used without object), -nat⋅ed, -nat⋅ing.
1. to become infested with vermin, esp. parasitic vermin.
2. Archaic. to breed or infest with vermin.
Origin:
1685–95; < L verminātus, ptp. of vermināre to be infested with maggots, to have racking pains, equiv. to vermin(a) racking pain + -ātus -ate 1 ; dual sense of vermināre by assoc. with vermis worm, maggot, vermin- being taken, perh. erroneously, as an extended s. of this word

Related forms:
ver⋅mi⋅na⋅tion, noun
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ver·mi·na·tion   (vûr'mə-nā'shən)   
n.  Infestation by vermin, especially parasitic vermin.
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vermination ver·mi·na·tion (vûr'mə-nā'shən)
n.

  1. The production or breeding of worms or larvae.

  2. Infestation by vermin, especially parasitic vermin.

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