Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for DI-LA'NI-A-TE
DI-LAC-ER-A'TIONDI-LA'NI-A-TION
DI-LA'NI-A-TE, v.t. [L. dilanio; di and lanio, to rend in pieces.]
To tear; to rend in pieces; to mangle. [Little used.] – Howell.
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