JACULATE


Meaning of JACULATE in English

— jaculation , n. — jaculator , n. — jaculatory /jak"yeuh leuh tawr'ee, -tohr'ee/ , adj.

/jak"yeuh layt'/ , v.t., jaculated, jaculating .

to throw or hurl (a dart, javelin, etc.).

[ 1615-25; jaculatus (ptp. of jaculare to throw the javelin), equiv. to jacul ( um ) javelin (n. use of neut. of jaculus used for hurling, equiv. to jac- hurl + -ulus adj. suffix) + -atus -ATE 1 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .