conculcate
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin conculcatus, past participle of conculcare (“to conculcate”).
Verb
conculcate (third-person singular simple present conculcates, present participle conculcating, simple past and past participle conculcated)
Adjective
conculcate (comparative more conculcate, superlative most conculcate)
- (obsolete, often figurative) Despised, disregarded, trampled.
- 1904, James Elroy Flecker, Lucretia:
- […] the sorrowful world of men: / Old castles fired, old mountains overturned, / Old majesties conculcate in the dust […]
Related terms
References
- “conculcate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Italian
Etymology 1
Verb
conculcate
- inflection of conculcare:
- second-person plural present indicative
- second-person plural imperative
Etymology 2
Participle
conculcate f pl
- feminine plural of conculcato
Latin
Verb
conculcāte
- second-person plural present active imperative of conculcō
Spanish
Verb
conculcate