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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

RUINATE

v.t.To demolish; to subvert; to destroy; to reduce to poverty. [This word is ill formed and happily is become obsolete. ]

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

RUINATE

Ru "in *ate, v. t. Etym: [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 fShak. 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.

RUINATE

RUINATE Ru "in *ate, v. i.

Defn: To fall; to tumble. [Obs. ]

RUINATE

Ru "in *ate, a. Etym: [L. ruinatus, p.p.]

Defn: Involved in ruin; ruined. My brother Edward lives in pomp and state, I in a mansion here all ruinate. J. Webster.