fatigate meaning (obsolete): definition, etymology and quotations

fatigate

verb

/ˈfætɪɡeɪt/

Etymology Borrowed from Latin fatīgātus, perfect passive participle of fatīgō, see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix).

Obsolete To weary; to tire; to fatigue.

But Fabius being painful in pursuing Annibal from place to place, awaiting to have him at advantage, at the last did so fatigate him and his host1531, Thomas Elyot, The Boke Named the Governour […], London: […] Tho[mas] Bertheleti, →OCLC:

adj

/ˈfætɪɡət/

Etymology Borrowed from Latin fatīgātus, perfect passive participle of fatīgō, see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix).

Obsolete Wearied; tired; fatigued.

he suffre nat the childe to be fatigate with continuall studie or lernyng1531, Thomas Elyot, The Boke Named the Governour […], London: […] Tho[mas] Bertheleti, →OCLC:
Requickened what in flesh was fatigate.c. 1608–1609 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Coriolanus”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene ii]:

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The young Englishman […] never fatigate, nor despondent, nor overthrown by any demand.2020, Hilary Mantel, The Mirror and the Light, Fourth Estate, page 68: