What is to pluck up by the roots; to extirpate. [R.] While that the colter rusts That should deracinate such savagery. Shak called?
deracinate — To pluck up by the roots; to extirpate. [R.] While that the colter rusts That should deracinate such savagery. Shak. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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