exaugurate

verb

1. To annul the consecration of: to deconsecrate, secularize, profane, or otherwise unhallow (historical) particularly in ancient Roman contexts.

   archaic, transitive

   [Tarquin] determined to exaugurate and unhallow certain churches and chappels.

Where it comes from

From Latin exauguratus under the influence of English -ate, past participle of exaugurāre (“to deconsecrate, to profane”), from ex (“ex-: undo”) + augurāre (“to act as augur, to consecrate”), from augur + -āre (verb-forming suffix), q.v.

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry exaugurate (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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