v. [f. L. lībāt-, ppl. stem of lībāre to taste, pour out as an offering, etc.] a. trans. To pour out (wine, etc.) in honor of a god. Also, to make a libation to (a god). b. intr. To pour out libations.
1866. J. B. Rose, trans. Ovid’s Fasti, VI. 762. She libated the wine In sacrifice. Ibid. (1867), trans. Virgil’s Æneid, 227. Around the tables all libating stand, Invoking heaven.
1880. L. Wallace, Ben-Hur, VII. xi. 441. A son of Israel has no gods whom he can libate.
Hence Libated ppl. a.
1866. J. B. Rose, trans. Virg. Georg., I. 360. Pay unto Ceres, rustics, rites divine, With milk and honey and libated wine.
