Defn: Capable of being ruined.
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
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.
RUINATION
Ru`in*a"tion, n. Etym: [LL. ruinatio.]
Defn: The act of ruining, or the state of being ruined.