What does rabiate mean?
Rabiate means (rare) rabid; affected with rabies.
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Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
(rare) rabid; affected with rabies.
Most men are rabiate on some subject; but the stricken of poetry, is a seraphic malady.
Doubtlessly inspired by Nicander he, or rather someone else whose work is transmitted under his name, wrote a Theriaca (Περί ίοβόλων, έν ὧ χαί περί λυσσόντοςχυνός, 'On poison-injecting animals, including rabiate dogs') and an Alexipharmaca,,,
The virus enters the body as the rabiate animal bites the organism and moves through the neurons towards the central nervous system with a preference for the cerebrum and the cerebellum (centripedal [sic] involvement), and from here they move through the peripheral nerves to infect the salivary glands and other end organs.
Use rabiate when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Rabiate means (rare) rabid; affected with rabies.
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Most men are rabiate on some subject; but the stricken of poetry, is a seraphic malady.
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