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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD IMMOLATE

From Latin immolāre to sprinkle an offering with sacrificial meal, sacrifice, from im- (in) + mola spelt grain.
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PRONUNCIATION OF IMMOLATE

immolate  [ˈɪməʊˌleɪt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF IMMOLATE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Immolate is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb immolate in English.

WHAT DOES IMMOLATE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of immolate in the English dictionary

The definition of immolate in the dictionary is to kill or offer as a sacrifice, esp by fire. Other definition of immolate is to sacrifice.


CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO IMMOLATE

PRESENT

Present
I immolate
you immolate
he/she/it immolates
we immolate
you immolate
they immolate
Present continuous
I am immolating
you are immolating
he/she/it is immolating
we are immolating
you are immolating
they are immolating
Present perfect
I have immolated
you have immolated
he/she/it has immolated
we have immolated
you have immolated
they have immolated
Present perfect continuous
I have been immolating
you have been immolating
he/she/it has been immolating
we have been immolating
you have been immolating
they have been immolating
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I immolated
you immolated
he/she/it immolated
we immolated
you immolated
they immolated
Past continuous
I was immolating
you were immolating
he/she/it was immolating
we were immolating
you were immolating
they were immolating
Past perfect
I had immolated
you had immolated
he/she/it had immolated
we had immolated
you had immolated
they had immolated
Past perfect continuous
I had been immolating
you had been immolating
he/she/it had been immolating
we had been immolating
you had been immolating
they had been immolating
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will immolate
you will immolate
he/she/it will immolate
we will immolate
you will immolate
they will immolate
Future continuous
I will be immolating
you will be immolating
he/she/it will be immolating
we will be immolating
you will be immolating
they will be immolating
Future perfect
I will have immolated
you will have immolated
he/she/it will have immolated
we will have immolated
you will have immolated
they will have immolated
Future perfect continuous
I will have been immolating
you will have been immolating
he/she/it will have been immolating
we will have been immolating
you will have been immolating
they will have been immolating
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would immolate
you would immolate
he/she/it would immolate
we would immolate
you would immolate
they would immolate
Conditional continuous
I would be immolating
you would be immolating
he/she/it would be immolating
we would be immolating
you would be immolating
they would be immolating
Conditional perfect
I would have immolate
you would have immolate
he/she/it would have immolate
we would have immolate
you would have immolate
they would have immolate
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been immolating
you would have been immolating
he/she/it would have been immolating
we would have been immolating
you would have been immolating
they would have been immolating
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you immolate
we let´s immolate
you immolate
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to immolate
Past participle
immolated
Present Participle
immolating
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH IMMOLATE


accumulate
əˈkjuːmjʊˌleɪt
bifoliolate
baɪˈfəʊlɪəʊˌleɪt
calculate
ˈkælkjʊˌleɪt
circulate
ˈsɜːkjʊˌleɪt
congratulate
kənˈɡrætjʊˌleɪt
emulate
ˈɛmjʊˌleɪt
etiolate
ˈiːtɪəʊˌleɪt
formulate
ˈfɔːmjʊˌleɪt
insolate
ˈɪnsəʊˌleɪt
machicolate
məˈtʃɪkəʊˌleɪt
manipulate
məˈnɪpjʊˌleɪt
modulate
ˈmɒdjʊˌleɪt
nucleolate
ˈnjuːklɪəʊˌleɪt
populate
ˈpɒpjʊˌleɪt
reformulate
riːˈfɔːmjʊˌleɪt
regulate
ˈrɛɡjʊˌleɪt
simulate
ˈsɪmjʊˌleɪt
spaniolate
ˈspænjəʊˌleɪt
speculate
ˈspɛkjʊˌleɪt
stimulate
ˈstɪmjʊˌleɪt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE IMMOLATE

immobilization
immobilize
immobilizer
immoderate
immoderately
immoderateness
immoderation
immodest
immodestly
immodesty
immolation
immolator
immoral
immoral earnings
immoralist
immoralities
immorality
immorally
immortal
immortalisation

WORDS THAT END LIKE IMMOLATE

apostolate
chocolate
cholate
cyclopentolate
dark chocolate
death by chocolate
desolate
dessert chocolate
extrapolate
folate
hot chocolate
interpolate
isolate
late
milk chocolate
percolate
plain chocolate
prolate
solate
urceolate
violate

Synonyms and antonyms of immolate in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «IMMOLATE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «immolate» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of immolate

Translation of «immolate» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF IMMOLATE

Find out the translation of immolate to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of immolate from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «immolate» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

献祭
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

inmolarse
570 millions of speakers

English

immolate
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

कुरबान
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

ضحى
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

жертвовать
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

imolar
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

উত্সর্গ করা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

immoler
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Sembuh
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

opfern
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

immolate
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

제물
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Immolate
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

hiến dâng
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பலியாக்கு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

बळी देणे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

kurban etmek
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

immolare
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

ofierze
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

жертвувати
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

jertfi
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

θυσίαζε
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

opofferen
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

offra
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

immolate
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of immolate

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «IMMOLATE»

The term «immolate» is regularly used and occupies the 62.016 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «IMMOLATE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «immolate» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «immolate» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about immolate

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «IMMOLATE»

Discover the use of immolate in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to immolate and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Starve and Immolate: The Politics of Human Weapons
Starve and Immolate tells the story of leftist political prisoners in Turkey who waged a deadly struggle against the introduction of high security prisons by forging their lives into weapons.
Banu Bargu, 2014
2
Telefon Tel Aviv Albums: Map of What Is Effortless, Immolate ...
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LLC Books, 2010
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SAT and ACT VOCABULARY BUILDING
IMMOLATE 8. Our teacher's dour face showed she was not in a(n) mood, but then she never is. 8. BLITHE 9. ... IMMOLATE 12. “The night was dark and stormy, But of heart werethey, For shining in the distance The lights of London lay.
Robert L. Crist, 2008
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NPNF1-08. St. Augustine: Exposition on the Book of Psalms
Immolate to God the sacrifice of praise” (ver. 14). Let us also say to Him, “In me, O God, are thy vows, which I will render of prose to Thee.” I had feared lest Thou mightest enjoin something which would be out of my power, which I was counting  ...
Philip Schaff
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Congressional-Executive Commission on China 2013
... Burning,” Radio Free Asia, 4 November 12 (Dorje Lhundrup “shouted slogans against Chinese rule and called for the return of . . . the Dalai Lama”); “Five Tibetans Self-Immolate,” Radio Free Asia, 7 November 12 (Dorje, Samdrub, and Dorje ...
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Encyclopaedia Perthensis; Or Universal Dictionary of the ...
Pope, the prime attribute of a spirit, we infer its immate- • To IMMOLATE, v. a. [ immolo, Lat. immoler, riality, and thence its immortality. Watti. a. Ex- Fr.] i. To sacrifice; to kill in sacrifice. — These emption from oblivion. courtiers of applause being ...
‎1816
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Grimlaicus: Rule for Solitaries
105 But when we offer these sacrifices, we must immolate ourselves by the contrition of our heart. I say this confidently: ifwe ourselves are oblations for God before our death, then after our death we will not be lacking the oblations that will save ...
Grimlaicus, 2011
8
Lost Directions
A line in the second para of The Cask of Amontillado had imprinted itself on her consciousness. 'My smile now was at the thought of his immolation.' 'Immolate', ' immolation' - did the words mean, as in sati and dowry deaths, death by fire alone  ...
Shakuntala Bharvani, 1996
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Encyclopaedia Perthensis; or, Universal dictionary of ...
•ft IMMOLATE, v. a. [immolo, Lat. immoler, ft] i. To sacrifice; to kill in sacrifice. — These miters of applause being oftentimes reduced to hem want, these costly trifles so ingrossing all till they can spare, that they frequently enough r fenced to  ...
Encyclopaedia Perthensis, 1816
10
Dictionnary of the English Language with Numerous ...
These courtiers of applause being oftentimes reduced to live in want, these costly trifles so ingrossing all that they can spare, that they frequently enough are forced to immolate their own desires to their vanity. Royle. 2. To oft'er in sacrifice.
Samuel Johnson, 1827

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «IMMOLATE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term immolate is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Cab company ditched us, claim taxi operators
... threatened to immolate themselves alleging that they had come under debt after the company called off the agreements signed with them. «Times of India, Jul 15»
2
More kids set themselves ablaze
... demands not met and issues with personal life that, probably in the backdrop of underlying personality changes, led them to self-immolate. «Bangalore Mirror, Jul 15»
3
The Smoldering Thai Insurgency
Militants have also moved to immolate the bodies of their victims, something that causes particular distaste among the Buddhist community and ... «ISN, Jul 15»
4
What Will Happen to Greece Now After the New Greek Bailout?
"Having allowed its populace to self-immolate and vote against accepting the demands of its creditors, the Syriza government caved to ... «Money Morning, Jul 15»
5
Self-immolation bid a routine affair
A few douse themselves with kerosene and try to self-immolate during the checks while a few even attempt self-immolation in front of Collector ... «The Hindu, Jul 15»
6
James Ragan – the “Czechoslovak” US poet who spends every …
I wrote one about Jan Zajíc, who was the second one to immolate himself and is too often forgotten. I wrote a poem about Dubček. I wrote a ... «Radio Prague, Jul 15»
7
Two hurt in “land grab” incident at Vietnam-S'pore industrial park
Another resident in Danang city was reported to have self-immolate several years ago after the local authorities took his land without paying ... «The Online Citizen, Jul 15»
8
Candle light vigil for latest self-immolator
Son of Nangchen Tashi, Topgyal is the 142nd Tibetan to self immolate in protest against China's repressive policies and for the return of the ... «Phayul, Jul 15»
9
If Folks Like Justice Thomas And Me Are Clowns, God Will Have The …
... as the ultimately proof of shame and unworthiness; and who believes that, rather than endure such dishonor, it is better to self-immolate. «Daily Caller, Jul 15»
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Traders resist polythene bag ban in Haridwar, Rishikesh | Dehradun …
Mukesh Agarwal, a shopkeeper at Jnaneshwar Traders allegedly tried to immolate himself by pouring kerosene on himself and also on the ... «NYOOOZ, Jul 15»

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