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Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913

Delignate

· De·lig·nate · IPA
01 v. t. To clear or strip of wood (by cutting down trees).
imp. & p. p. Delignated; p. pr. & vb. n. Delignating
  1. 1.
    To clear or strip of wood (by cutting down trees).[R.]
  2. 2.
    To strip or remove the wood from; as, to delignate ramie, in the preparation of ribbons of the fiber for further working.