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English Dictionary: immolating by the DICT Development Group
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Immolate \Im"mo*late\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Immolated}; p. pr. &
      vb. n. {Immolating}.] [L. immolatus, p. p. of immolare to
      sacrifice, orig., to sprinkle a victim with sacrifical meal;
      pref. im- in + mola grits or grains of spelt coarsely ground
      and mixed with salt; also, mill. See {Molar}, {Meal} ground
      grain.]
      To sacrifice; to offer in sacrifice; to kill, as a
      sacrificial victim.
  
               Worshipers, who not only immolate to them [the deities]
               the lives of men, but . . . the virtue and honor of
               women.                                                   --Boyle.
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