saginatev.
/ˈsadʒɪneɪt/ rare.
transitive. To fatten (animals). Also figurative.
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the world > food and drink > food > providing or receiving food > feeding animals > [verb (transitive)] > fatten
masteOE
fatc1386
frankc1440
to set up1540
fatten1552
feed1552
cram1577
engrease1583
to raise in flesh1608
adipate1623
saginate1623
batten1638
to stall to1764
tallow1765
to fat off1789
to make up1794
higglea1825
finish1841
force1847
to feed off1852
steam1947
the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > animal keeping practices general > [verb (transitive)] > fatten
masteOE
fatc1386
to set up1540
fatten1552
feed1552
forcea1571
cram1577
engrease1583
to raise in flesh1608
saginate1623
to stall to1764
tallow1765
stall-feed1766
graze1787
to fat off1789
to make up1794
higglea1825
finish1841
to feed off1852
steam1947
1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. Saginate, to fatten a beast. Sagination, the fattening thereof.
1633 T. Adams Comm. 2 Peter (ii. 22) 1088 At last, when they are saginated and franked, their turne comes to bleed.
1650 tr. N. Caussin Angel of Peace 45 The odious rejoycings of the unjust are saginated with the tears of the miserable.
1657 R. Tomlinson tr. J. de Renou Medicinal Materials iii, in Medicinal Dispensatory sig. Iii4 Chickens..when saginated and castrated, [are] fit for Courtiers.
1854 W. S. Landor Lett. Amer. 78 The [French] Emperor..has saginated the priesthood, and has winked at the miraculous apparitions that winked at him.
Derivatives
ˈsaginated adj.
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the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > animal keeping practices general > [adjective] > fattened
fatc1000
refetc1380
fedc1400
masteda1500
well-fatted1540
fatted1552
fattened1616
saginated1791
1791 W. Cowper tr. Homer Iliad in Iliad & Odyssey I. xxiii. 40 Many a saginated boar [θαλέθοντες ἀλοιϕῆ].
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