Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Delignate \De*lig"nate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Delignated}; p.
   pr. & vb. n. {Delignating}.] [Pref. de- + L. lignum wood.]
   1. To clear or strip of wood (by cutting down trees). [R.]
      --Fuller.

   2. To strip or remove the wood from; as, to delignate ramie,
      in the preparation of ribbons of the fiber for further
      working.