profanate en · VERB
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Classical Latin profānāt-, the past participial stem of profānō. By surface analysis, profane + -ate.
Meanings
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To profane; to make profane.
In his play, Mr. Sobol insulted the honor of the Jewish victims and profanated their memory.
1989 July 2, “The Holocaust: Of Plays and Playwrights”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 25 May 2015:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| profanating | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| profanates | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| profanated | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| profanated | Tense=Past | lexicographic |