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单词 quadrupedate
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quadrupedatev.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Perhaps also partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: quadruped n., -ate suffix3; Latin quadrupedāt-, quadrupedāre.
Etymology: < quadruped n. + -ate suffix3. In sense 2 either after or independently < classical Latin quadrupedāt-, past participial stem of quadrupedāre (see quadrupedant adj. and n.).
Obsolete.
1. transitive. To change (a person) into a quadruped.
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1615 T. Adams Englands Sicknes i. 11 Wee were..quadrupedated with an earthly, stooping, groping, groueling, couetousnes.
2. intransitive. To walk on four legs. Cf. quadrupedant v.
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1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. Quadrupedate, to goe on foure legs.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online June 2020).
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