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Definition of depilate in English: depilateverb ˈdɛpɪleɪtˈɛpəˌleɪt [with object]Remove the hair from. I depilated my underarms and legs Example sentencesExamples - While contemporary women are not literally forced to depilate, the culture and media pressure us to do so.
- Winter boots of caribou or seal can have a depilated sealskin foot with a furred upper.
- After being bathed, depilated and doused in sweet heavy perfumes, queens and commoners alike are portrayed sitting patiently before their hairdressers, although it is equally clear that wigmakers enjoyed a brisk trade.
- Nowadays the hamams or public baths have special rooms for the ladies to depilate.
- Forty-eight hours before UVB exposure, mice were shaved with electric clippers and chemically depilated.
Origin Mid 16th century (earlier (late Middle English) as depilation): from Latin depilat- 'stripped of hair', from the verb depilare, from de- (expressing removal) + pilare (from pilus 'hair'). Definition of depilate in US English: depilateverbˈepəˌlātˈɛpəˌleɪt [with object]Remove the hair from. I depilated my underarms and legs Example sentencesExamples - Winter boots of caribou or seal can have a depilated sealskin foot with a furred upper.
- After being bathed, depilated and doused in sweet heavy perfumes, queens and commoners alike are portrayed sitting patiently before their hairdressers, although it is equally clear that wigmakers enjoyed a brisk trade.
- Forty-eight hours before UVB exposure, mice were shaved with electric clippers and chemically depilated.
- Nowadays the hamams or public baths have special rooms for the ladies to depilate.
- While contemporary women are not literally forced to depilate, the culture and media pressure us to do so.
Origin Mid 16th century (earlier ( late Middle English) as depilation): from Latin depilat- ‘stripped of hair’, from the verb depilare, from de- (expressing removal) + pilare (from pilus ‘hair’). |