sphacelate
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)
Sphacelate \Sphac"e*late\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Sphacelated; p. pr. & vb. n. Sphacelating.] [NL. sphacelare, sphacelatum, mortify: cf. F. sphac['e]ler. See Sphacelus.] (Med.) To die, decay, or become gangrenous, as flesh or bone; to mortify. [1913 Webster]
Sphacelate \Sphac"e*late\, v. t. (Med.) To affect with gangrene. [1913 Webster] Sphacelate
Sphacelate \Sphac"e*late\, Sphacelated \Sphac"e*la`ted\, a. (Med.) Affected with gangrene; mortified. [1913 Webster]