Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • To pull up by the roots; pull away by force; tear violently away.
  • Same as arase.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • transitive verb obsolete To tear up by the roots; to draw away.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • verb obsolete To tear up by the roots; to draw away.

Etymologies

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

Old English aracen, arasen, Old French arachier, esracier, French arracher, from Latin exradicare, eradicare. The prefix a- is perhaps due to Latin ab. See eradicate.

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