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dilacerate (iou) and grammar (oh)


dilacerate (iou)



dilacerate verb trans. Pa. pple & ppl adjective -ated, (earlier) -ate. LME.
[Orig. pa. pple, from Latin dilaceratus pa. pple of dilacerare, from di- DI-1 + lacerare tear, lacerate: see -ATE2, -ATE3.]
Tear apart; tear in pieces.
dilace'ration noun LME.

grammar (oh)



[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Old French; Origin: gramaire, from Latin grammatica, from Greek grammatikos 'of letters', from gramma; GRAM]
[U] the rules by which words change their forms and are combined into sentences, or the study or use of these rules
::Check your spelling and grammar.
::the rules of English grammar
[C] a particular description of grammar or a book that describes grammar rules
::A dictionary lists the words, a grammar states the rules.