nihilate

English

Etymology

From Latin nihilō (to reduce to nothing).

Verb

nihilate (third-person singular simple present nihilates, present participle nihilating, simple past and past participle nihilated)

  1. (obsolete) To annul.
  2. (philosophy) The action of consciousness, which is the origin of negation in facticity.

Latin

Pronunciation

Verb

nihilāte

  1. second-person plural present active imperative of nihilō

Participle

nihilāte

  1. vocative masculine singular of nihilātus