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▪ I. † exˈcecate, pa. pple. and ppl. a. Obs.
[ad. L. excæcāt-us blinded: see next.]
Blinded, deprived of sight (in quots. fig.).
1526Pilgr. Perf. (W. de W. 1531) 249 b, Yf the iewes dyd slee hym, they shold be excecate & blynded, & so lese the true fayth. 1535Goodly Primer (1834) 93 Lighten our minds excecate, O Lord, our consolation. 1557Paynel Barclay's Jugurth Bj, Man..is excecate by ambicion and desyre of lordship.
▪ II. † exˈcecate, v. Obs.
Also 6 execate, 7 excæcate.
[f. L. excæcāt- ppl. stem of excæcāre to make blind, f. ex- (see ex- prefix1) + cæc-us blind.]
trans. To make blind, to blind. lit. and fig.
1540in Hall Chron. (1548) 246 a, That the people of Scotlande..is vtterly execated and blinded. 1613R. C. Table Alph. (ed. 3), Excæcate, to make blinde. 1665G. Havers P. della Valle's Trav. E. India 29 He caus'd his eyes to be sew'd up..to the end to deprive him of sight without excœcating him. 1721–1800Bailey, Excecate.
Hence exˈcecated ppl. a.
1550Bale Apol. 19 To make Sathan apere the Aungell of lyghte to the excecated worlde. |