calceate
verbUS /kælsiˈeɪt/
Etymology Equivalent to calceus (“calceus, shoe”) + -ate (verb-forming suffix). Doublet of calcate.
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Ambitransitive, Obsolete Synonym of shoe: to put on shoes.
calceate
adjUS /kælˈsiɪt/
Etymology From Latin calceātus, participle of calceāre (“to shoe, to provide with shoes”), from calceus (“calceus, shoe”) + -ō (verb-forming suffix), from calx (“heel”) + -eus (“-y”, adjective-forming suffix). Equivalent to Latin calceus + -ate (adjective-forming suffix).
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Rare Synonym of shod: wearing shoes, particularly (Christianity) as opposed to the barefoot mendicant orders.
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- Fathers Calceate