Sextate

//ˈsɛksteɪt// adj, noun, verb

adj, noun, verb ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    methylcyclohexyl acetate uncountable
  2. 2
    A group of six peaks or lines rare

    "Mössbauer spectrum of pure γ− Fe₂O₃ (figure-1) shows a broadened sextate due to the presence of two subspectra."

Verb
  1. 1
    Reduce by one sixth. rare

    "Becauſe ſix ſignified Full, the Word to ſextate (to divide into ſix, of to give a ſixth Part) originated thence, by which in a ſpiritual Senſe is ſignified that which is complete and entire, as That they ſhould Sextate an Ephah out of an Homer of Barley, (i. e. take a Sixth of an Ephah) Ezek. xlv. 13. and it is ſaid of Gog, I will turn thee back, and will Sextate thee (leave but a ſixth Part of thee) Ezek. xxxix. 2. by which is ſignified, that with him all Truth of Good in the Word ſhould be totally deſtroyed; who are meant by Gog, may be ſeen N. 850."

  2. 2
    Reduce to one sixth. rare

    "Becauſe ſix ſignified Full, the Word to ſextate (to divide into ſix, of to give a ſixth Part) originated thence, by which in a ſpiritual Senſe is ſignified that which is complete and entire, as That they ſhould Sextate an Ephah out of an Homer of Barley, (i. e. take a Sixth of an Ephah) Ezek. xlv. 13. and it is ſaid of Gog, I will turn thee back, and will Sextate thee (leave but a ſixth Part of thee) Ezek. xxxix. 2. by which is ſignified, that with him all Truth of Good in the Word ſhould be totally deſtroyed; who are meant by Gog, may be ſeen N. 850."

Adjective
  1. 1
    sixfold; In groups of six. not-comparable, rare

    "De Toni’s placing the quadrate form in Amphitetras and the sextate in Nothoceratium is of course indefensible."

  2. 2
    sixfold degenerate not-comparable, rare

    "The room temperature magnetic moments of these complexes were determined by the Gouy method and the values are in the range 5.7—5.9 B.M. (Table), indicative of the presence of five unpaired electrons and the sextate ground state level in these complexes."

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"Becauſe ſix ſignified Full, the Word to ſextate (to divide into ſix, of to give a ſixth Part) originated thence, by which in a ſpiritual Senſe is ſignified that which is complete and entire, as That they ſhould Sextate an Ephah out of an Homer of Barley, (i. e. take a Sixth of an Ephah) Ezek. xlv. 13. and it is ſaid of Gog, I will turn thee back, and will Sextate thee (leave but a ſixth Part of thee) Ezek. xxxix. 2. by which is ſignified, that with him all Truth of Good in the Word ſhould be totally deſtroyed; who are meant by Gog, may be ſeen N. 850."

Etymology

Latin sextus (“sixth”) + English -ate; compare quintate, septimate, and decimate

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