jaculate
[ jak-yuh-leyt ]
/ ˈdʒæk yəˌleɪt /
verb (used with object), jac·u·lat·ed, jac·u·lat·ing.
to throw or hurl (a dart, javelin, etc.).
Origin of jaculate
1615–25; < Latin
jaculātus (past participle of
jaculāre to throw the javelin), equivalent to
jacul(um) javelin (noun use of neuter of
jaculus used for hurling, equivalent to
jac- hurl +
-ulus adj. suffix) +
-ātus
-ate1