Ruinate

Definition of Ruinate

Ru´in`ate

v. t.	1.	To demolish; to subvert; to destroy; to reduce to poverty; to ruin. I will not ruinate my f ther'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.
v. i.	1.	To fall; to tumble.
a.	1.	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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