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Definition of Jaculate
1. v. t. To throw or cast, as a dart; to throw out; to emit.
Definition of Jaculate
1. Verb. To throw or cast, as a dart; to throw out; to emit. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Jaculate
1. to throw [v -LATED, -LATING, -LATES] - See also: throw
Lexicographical Neighbors of Jaculate
Literary usage of Jaculate
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Wit and Humor of America by Marshall Pinckney Wilder (1911)
"That awful Boston oath was his— He used to 'jaculate, "Gee Whiz!" He showed them
that immoral haunt, The dirty Chinese Restaurant; And there they'd find him ..."
2. A new dictionary of the English language by Charles Richardson (1839)
"E-jaculate, v. To cast or throw, -ION. to shoot or dart forth ; and, met to -ORY.
utter ; gen. app. to the utterance or expression of short, sudden, ..."
3. Putnam's Word Book: A Practical Aid in Expressing Ideas Through the Use of by Louis Andrew Flemming (1919)
"... launch, jaculate; spring, dodge, bolt. shoot. dash, n. collision, allision,
crash; abashment, frustration; infusion, smack, tincture, sprinkling; onset, ..."