资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Ruinate \Ru"in*ate\, v. i.
   To fall; to tumble. [Obs.]

Ruinate \Ru"in*ate\, a. [L. ruinatus, p. p.]
   Involved in ruin; ruined.

         My brother Edward lives in pomp and state, I in a
         mansion here all ruinate.                --J. Webster.

Ruinate \Ru"in*ate\, v. t. [LL. ruinatus, p. p. of ruinare to
   ruin. See {Ruin}.]
   1. To demolish; to subvert; to destroy; to reduce to poverty;
      to ruin.

            I will not ruinate my f?ther's house. --Shak.

            Ruinating thereby the health of their bodies.
                                                  --Burton.

   2. To cause to fall; to cast down.

            On the other side they saw that perilous rock
            Threatening itself on them to ruinate. --Spenser.