different between defoliate vs novitiate

English

Etymology

de- +? foliate

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /di??f??li?(j)e?t/

Verb

defoliate (third-person singular simple present defoliates, present participle defoliating, simple past and past participle defoliated)

1. (transitive) To remove foliage from (one or more plants), most often with a chemical agent.

   Agent Orange was used to defoliate jungle vegetation.

Derived terms

• defoliation
• defoliator

Translations

Adjective

defoliate (comparative more defoliate, superlative most defoliate)

1. Deprived of leaves; defoliated.

Anagrams

• fileteado

Interlingua

Adjective

defoliate (not comparable)

1. leafless

Italian

Verb

defoliate

1. second-person plural present indicative of defoliare
2. second-person plural imperative of defoliare
3. second-person plural present subjunctive of defoliare
4. feminine plural of defoliato

English

Etymology

From Middle French novitiat, from Medieval Latin novitiatus (“a novitiate”), from Latin novicius, novitius (“a novice”), from novus (“new”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /n??v??i.?t/
• Hyphenation: no?vi?ti?ate

Noun

novitiate (plural novitiates)

1. the period during which a novice of a religious order undergoes training
2. the place where a novice lives and studies
3. a novice

Related terms

• novel
• novelization
• novelize
• novella
• novelty
• novice

Translations

Further reading

• novitiate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• novitiate in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• novitiate at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• evitation