Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Ruinate \Ru"in*ate\, v. i.
To fall; to tumble. [Obs.]
Ruinate \Ru"in*ate\, a. [L. ruinatus, p. p.]
Involved in ruin; ruined.
My brother Edward lives in pomp and state, I in a
mansion here all ruinate. --J. Webster.
Ruinate \Ru"in*ate\, v. t. [LL. ruinatus, p. p. of ruinare to
ruin. See {Ruin}.]
1. To demolish; to subvert; to destroy; to reduce to poverty;
to ruin.
I will not ruinate my f?ther's house. --Shak.
Ruinating thereby the health of their bodies.
--Burton.
2. To cause to fall; to cast down.
On the other side they saw that perilous rock
Threatening itself on them to ruinate. --Spenser.