Emily Dickinson Lexicon

LUX'ATE, v.t. [L. luxo; Fr. luxer, to loosen; probably from the same root as lax, L. laxo, laxus.]

To displace or remove from its proper place, as a joint; to put out of joint; to dislocate. Lux, in a like sense, is, I believe, not now used. – Encyc.