'Immolating' definitions:

Definition of 'Immolating'

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  • Immolate \Im"mo*late\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Immolated; p. pr. & vb. n. Immolating.] [L. immolatus, p. p. of immolare to sacrifice, orig., to sprinkle a victim with sacrifical meal; pref. im- in + mola grits or grains of spelt coarsely ground and mixed with salt; also, mill. See Molar, Meal ground grain.]
  • 1. To sacrifice; to offer in sacrifice; to kill, as a sacrificial victim. [1913 Webster]
  • Worshipers, who not only immolate to them [the deities] the lives of men, but . . . the virtue and honor of women. --Boyle. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To destroy by fire. [PJC]

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