Ru·in·ate v. t.
 1. To demolish; to subvert; to destroy; to reduce to poverty; to ruin.
    I will not ruinate my f░ther's house.   --Shak.
    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.


 Ru·in·ate, v. i. To fall; to tumble. [Obs.]


 Ru·in·ate a.  Involved in ruin; ruined.
 My brother Edward lives in pomp and state,
 I in a mansion here all ruinate.   --J. Webster.

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