Ruinate

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Ruinate \Ru"in*ate\, v. i.
     To fall; to tumble. [Obs.]
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Ruinate \Ru"in*ate\, a. [L. ruinatus, p. p.]
     Involved in ruin; ruined.
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           My brother Edward lives in pomp and state,
           I in a mansion here all ruinate.         --J. Webster.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Ruinate \Ru"in*ate\, v. t. [LL. ruinatus, p. p. of ruinare to
     ruin. See {Ruin}.]
     1. To demolish; to subvert; to destroy; to reduce to poverty;
        to ruin.
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              I will not ruinate my f?ther's house. --Shak.
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              Ruinating thereby the health of their bodies.
                                                    --Burton.
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     2. To cause to fall; to cast down.
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              On the other side they saw that perilous rock
              Threatening itself on them to ruinate. --Spenser.
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