3 entries under this word

Ruinate

Ru'in-āte, v. t.

verbtransitive

v. t. [L. Lat. ruinare, ruinatum. See supra.] To demolish; to subvert; to destroy; to reduce to poverty. [Obs.] “To ruinate my father's house.” Shak. “Ruinating thereby the health of their bodies.” Burton.

Ru'in-āte, v. i.

verbintransitive

To fall. [Obs.] On the other side they saw that perilous rock Threatening itself on them to ruinate. Spencer.

Ru'in-ate, a.

adjective

a. Involved in ruin; ruined. My brother Edward lives in pomp and state, I in a mansion here all ruinate. J. Webster