arace

See also: Arace

English

Etymology

From Middle English aracen, arasen, from Old French arachier, esracier (modern French arracher), from Latin exradicare, eradicare. The prefix a- is perhaps due to Latin ab. See eradicate.

Verb

arace (third-person singular simple present araces, present participle aracing, simple past and past participle araced)

1. (obsolete, transitive) To tear up by the roots; to draw away.
   • 1557, Thomas Wyatt, “Complaint upon Love to Reason”, in Tottel's Miscellany:

     I had my thought, and mynde araced

References

“arace”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• Ceará, areca