luxate Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb move out of position
    splay; dislocate; slip.
    • dislocate joints
    • the artificial hip joint luxated and had to be put back surgically

WordNet

Lux"ate adjective
Etymology
L. luxatus, p. p. of luxare to dislocate.
Definitions
  1. Luxated. Obs.
Lux"ate transitive verb
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Luxated ; present participle & verbal noun Luxating
Definitions
  1. To displace, or remove from its proper place, as a joint; to put out of joint; to dislocate.

Webster 1913