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excommunicate

v.
US //ˌɛkskəmˈjunəˌkeɪt// UK //ɛkskəmjˈuːnɪkˌeɪt// ex·com·mu·ni·cate Archaic
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Etymology 1

From Ecclesiastical Latin excommunicātus, perfect passive participle of excommunicō (“excommunicate”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix). By surface analysis, ex- + communicate.

Etymology 2

From Ecclesiastical Latin, Late Latin excommunicātus, perfect passive participle of excommunicō (“put out of the community”). See -ate (adjective-forming suffix) for more. Displaced native Old English āmǣnsumian.

Etymology 3

From a substantivation of the above adjective. See -ate (noun-forming suffix) for more.

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