WORD OF THE DAY: CROCITATE

​CROCITATE 
​also: CROCIATE

VERB
to croak or caw; to squawk like a raven ...1623 obs.

ETYMOLOGY
from Latin crocitāre, from crōcīre to croak loudly

First Documented Use: 1623
Crociate, to cry like a rauen.

From: The English dictionarie; or, An interpreter of hard English words 
- Henry Cockeram

DERIVATIVE

CROCITATION †
noun - the croaking of crows, ravens, or frogs ...1656