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Anonymous Posted 13 years ago
Vocabulary

Looking up archaic and obscure words

Hello everybody

I`ve been trying to track down a 4-5 syllable word that ends in "ate" that means "to abscond or leave quickly". I`m almost certain that it is an obsolete word. Does anybody know of online resources for tracking down obscure words?

Thank you
  

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"). There are Elizabethan English dictionaries online, but you'd have to know the word you're looking for, unless you're willing to scroll through the entire thing looking at every word. If you could give more context (Why are you interested in a five-syllable.

— Anonymous

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  • There are Elizabethan English dictionaries online, but you'd have to know the word you're looking for, unless you're willing to scroll through the entire thing looking at every word.
  • If you could give more context (Why are you interested in a five-syllable.
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Without further context, the best I can come up with is abnegate, which is a modern word, and which is not that close in sense (A word close in sense, and rather old, is "decamp," but it doesn't end in "ate."). There are Elizabethan English dictionaries online, but you'd have to know the word you're looking for, unless you're willing to scroll through the entire thing looking at every word. If y
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Closest I can think of quickly is just evacuate.
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Thank you Clive and anonymous for your responses. The context wouldn't have helped you at all: the word I'm looking for is the answer to a question in a pub game that took place on Monday. I didn't participate but was within earshot of the MC. I had a few pints that night and was only able to remember the bits that I posted. Those with me either had no memory of or no interest in the question so I
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