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==English==
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===Etymology===
From {{der|en|LL.|abacinātus}}, perfect passive participle of {{m|la|abacinō}}; possibly formed from {{m|la|ab||off}} + {{m|la|bacīnum||a basin}} or {{m|la|bacīnus}}. Probably cognate with modern Italian {{m|it|abbacinare||to dazzle}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{audio|en|En-uk-abacinate.ogg|a=UK}}
* {{IPA|en|/æbˈæsɪneɪt/|a=UK}}

===Verb===
{{en-verb}}

# {{lb|en|transitive|rare}} To [[blind]] by holding a [[red-hot]] metal rod or plate before the eyes
#* {{quote-book|en|year=1905|author=James M. Ludlow|title=Sir Raoul|pageurl=http://books.google.com/books?id=kXEmmDGmYdEC&q=%22not+of+hot+irons+but%22|page=233
|passage="You young scapegrace," said Dandolo, "I will myself '''abacinate''' you — in the Venetian way." "How's that?" "Blind your eyes with the glare, not of hot irons, but of new ducats. Count your pile."}}
#* {{quote-book|en|year=1945|author=Robert Hardy Andrews|title=Burning Gold|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=v-58AAAAMAAJ|page=196
|passage=Their straining eyes '''abacinated''' by the cup of terror, their throats stopped, their powers dead within them, they hung breathless, motionless.}}
#* {{quote-song|1=en|author=Jeff Hanneman|year=1986|artist=Slayer|title=Angel of Death|url=|album=Reign in Blood|text='''Abacinate''', eyes that bleed, praying for the end of your wide awake nightmare.}}
#* {{quote-book|en|year=1999|author=Srinivas Aravamudan|title=Tropicopolitans|page=220|pageurl=http://books.google.com/books?id=17oU9nBX_N8C&pg=PA220|isbn=082232315X
|passage=This chiasmic image of the subject's imperviousness suggests a sensory deprivation beyond sublimity, like that of '''abacinated''' anti-epistemology.}}

====Derived terms====
* {{l|en|abacination}}

====Translations====
{{trans-top|to blind by holding a red-hot metal rod or plate before the eyes}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|abacinar}}
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==Latin==

===Verb===
{{head|la|verb form|head=abacināte}}

# {{inflection of|la|abacinō||2|p|pres|actv|impr}}