calcate

verb

calcate

verb

Etymology From Latin calcātus, the past participle of calcāre (“to trample”), parsed via English -ate (verb-forming suffix), from calx (“heel”) + -ō (verb-forming suffix). Doublet of calque.

Obsolete Synonym of trample: to crush or stomp underfoot.

It should be calcated with ones feet.1657, Richard Tomlinson, translating Jean de Renou as A Medicinal Dispensatory, sig. Yyy4v

Derived terms: calcation, calcatory

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