Delignate \De*lig"nate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Delignated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Delignating}.] [Pref. de- + L. lignum wood.] 1. To clear or strip of wood (by cutting down trees). [R.] --Fuller. 2. To strip or remove the wood from; as, to delignate ramie, in the preparation of ribbons of the fiber for further working.