- abnodate
- † ˈabnodate, v. Obs.—0
[f. L. abnōdāt- ppl. stem of abnōdā-re ‘to clear trees of knots’; f. ab off + (g)nōd-us knot.]‘To prune trees, etc.’ Bailey 1721, whence in Ash, and mod. Dicts.
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Abnodate — Ab no*date, v. t. [L. abnodatus, p. p. of abnodare; ab + nodus knot.] To clear (tress) from knots. [R.] Blount. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
