Ru"in*ate (?), v. t. [LL. ruinatus, p.p. of ruinare to ruin. See Ruin.]
1.
To demolish; to subvert; to destroy; to reduce to poverty; to ruin.
I will not ruinate my fther's house.
Shak.
Ruinating thereby the health of their bodies.
Burton.
2.
To cause to fall; to cast down.
On the other side they saw that perilous rock
Threatening itself on them to ruinate.
Spenser.
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Ru"in*ate, v. i.
To fall; to tumble.
[Obs.]
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Ru"in*ate (?), a. [L. ruinatus, p.p.]
Involved in ruin; ruined.
My brother Edward lives in pomp and state,
I in a mansion here all ruinate.
J. Webster.
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