Excecate

verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To blind. obsolete, transitive

    "God doth worke inwardly in the hearts of sinners, doth excecate and obdurate the minds of men"

Example

More examples

"God doth worke inwardly in the hearts of sinners, doth excecate and obdurate the minds of men"

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin excaecātus, perfect passive participle of excaecō (“to blind”), from ex- (denoting privation) + caecō (“to blind”), from caecus (“blind”).

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