Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Spacelate \Spac"e*late\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Sphacelated}; p.
   pr. & vb. n. {Sphacelating}.] [NL. sphacelare, sphacelatum,
   mortify: cf. F. sphac['e]ler. See {Sphacelus}.] (Med.)
   To die, decay, or become gangrenous, as flesh or bone; to
   mortify.

Sphacelate \Sphac"e*late\, Sphacelated \Sphac"e*la`ted\, a.
   (Med.)
   Affected with gangrene; mortified.