What does deracinate mean?

Definitions for deracinate
dɪˈræs əˌneɪtde·ra·ci·nate

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. uproot, deracinateverb

    move (people) forcibly from their homeland into a new and foreign environment

    "The war uprooted many people"

  2. uproot, extirpate, deracinate, root outverb

    pull up by or as if by the roots

    "uproot the vine that has spread all over the garden"

Wiktionary

  1. deracinateverb

    To pull up by the roots; to uproot; to extirpate.

  2. deracinateverb

    To force people from their homeland to a new or foreign location.

  3. deracinateverb

    To liberate or be liberated from a culture or its norms.

  4. Etymology: déraciner, from racine, from.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. To Deracinateverb

    Etymology: deraciner, French.

    Her fallow leas,
    The darnel, hemlock, and rank fumitory
    Doth root upon; while that the cutter rusts
    That should deracinate such savagery. William Shakespeare, Henry V.

ChatGPT

  1. deracinate

    Deracinate refers to the act of removing or eliminating something from its native or natural environment or conditions. It can also mean to displace someone from their cultural, historical, or geographical roots. This term may apply to literal situations, such as uprooting a tree, or to more figurative context, like removing a person from their homeland or stripping away traditions from a culture.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Deracinateverb

    to pluck up by the roots; to extirpate

  2. Etymology: [F. draciner; pref. d- (L. dis) + racine root, fr. an assumed LL. radicina, fr. L. radix, radicis, root.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Deracinate

    de-ras′i-nāt, v.t. to pluck up by the roots. [Fr. déraciner—L. de, and radix, radĭcis, a root.]

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of deracinate in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of deracinate in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8


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