Obs. Also 6 execate, 7 excæcate. [f. L. excæcāt- ppl. stem of excæcāre to make blind, f. ex- (see EX- pref.1) + cæc-us blind.] trans. To make blind, to blind. lit. and fig.

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c. 1540[?].  in Hall, Chron. (1548), 246 a. That the people of Scotlande … is vtterly execated and blinded.

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1613.  R. C., Table Alph. (ed. 3), Excæcate, to make blinde.

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1665.  G. Havers, P. della Valle’s Trav. E. India, 29. He caus’d his eyes to be sew’d up…; to the end to deprive him of sight without excœcating him.

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1721–1800.  Bailey, Excecate.

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  Hence Excecated ppl. a.

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1550.  Bale, Apol., 19. To make Sathan apere the Aungell of lyghte to the excecated worlde.

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