v. Obs. [f. CARI-ES + -ATE, prob. after F. carier: see -ATE.] trans. To affect with caries or decay.
Hence Cariated ppl. a., decayed, carious.
1665. G. Harvey, Advice agst. Plague, 24. Light cariated dusts of Vegetables.
1702. Eng. Theophrast., x. 139. And cariate the very bones.
1758. J. S., Le Drans Observ. Surg. (1771), 20. The Hole of the Cariated Alveol.