"militate" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈmɪlɪteɪt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-militate.wav [Southern-England] Forms: militates [present, singular, third-person], militating [participle, present], militated [participle, past], militated [past]
Etymology: From Latin mīlitātus, from mīlitō. Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|mīlitātus}} Latin mīlitātus, {{m|la|mīlitō}} mīlitō Head templates: {{en-verb}} militate (third-person singular simple present militates, present participle militating, simple past and past participle militated)
  1. To give force or effect toward; to influence. Translations (to influence): преча (preča) (Bulgarian), препятствам (prepjatstvam) (Bulgarian), militer (French), στρατεύομαι (stratévomai) (Greek), αντιστρατεύομαι (antistratévomai) (Greek), спосо́бствовать (sposóbstvovatʹ) (note: in favor) [imperfective] (Russian), препя́тствовать (prepjátstvovatʹ) (english: against) [imperfective] (Russian), быть поме́хой (bytʹ poméxoj) (english: against) [imperfective] (Russian), меша́ть (mešátʹ) (english: against) [imperfective] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-militate-en-verb-4O8USAFV Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 68 32 Disambiguation of 'to influence': 98 2
  2. (obsolete) To serve as a soldier or participate in warfare. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-militate-en-verb-Sti87c-F

Adverb [Esperanto]

Head templates: {{eo-part}} militate
  1. present adverbial passive participle of militi Tags: adverbial, form-of, participle, passive, present Form of: militi
    Sense id: en-militate-eo-adv-Ih3gDVDX Categories (other): Esperanto entries with incorrect language header

Verb [Italian]

Head templates: {{head|it|verb form}} militate
  1. inflection of militare:
    second-person plural present indicative
    Tags: form-of, indicative, plural, present, second-person
    Sense id: en-militate-it-verb-oNGJsSi7 Categories (other): Italian entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Italian entries with incorrect language header: 83 12 4
  2. inflection of militare:
    second-person plural imperative
    Tags: form-of, imperative, plural, second-person
    Sense id: en-militate-it-verb-~qG~3H28
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb [Italian]

Head templates: {{head|it|past participle form|g=f-p}} militate f pl
  1. feminine plural of militato Tags: feminine, form-of, participle, plural Form of: militato
    Sense id: en-militate-it-verb--luD5x1Z
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb [Latin]

Forms: mīlitāte [canonical]
Head templates: {{head|la|participle form|head=mīlitāte}} mīlitāte
  1. vocative masculine singular of mīlitātus Tags: form-of, masculine, participle, singular, vocative Form of: mīlitātus
    Sense id: en-militate-la-verb-pS6V8MVG Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header

Verb [Spanish]

Head templates: {{head|es|verb form}} militate
  1. second-person singular voseo imperative of militar combined with te Tags: form-of, imperative, object-second-person, object-singular, second-person, singular, with-voseo Form of: militar
    Sense id: en-militate-es-verb-4QCNNO5D Categories (other): Spanish entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for militate meaning in All languages combined (7.5kB)

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  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "inflection of militare:",
        "second-person plural present indicative"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "militare",
          "militare#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "form-of",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "inflection of militare:",
        "second-person plural imperative"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "militare",
          "militare#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "form-of",
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "militate"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Italian entries with incorrect language header",
    "Italian non-lemma forms",
    "Italian past participle forms"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "it",
        "2": "past participle form",
        "g": "f-p"
      },
      "expansion": "militate f pl",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Italian",
  "lang_code": "it",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "militato"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "feminine plural of militato"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "militato",
          "militato#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "form-of",
        "participle",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "militate"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "mīlitāte",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "participle form",
        "head": "mīlitāte"
      },
      "expansion": "mīlitāte",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
        "Latin non-lemma forms",
        "Latin participle forms"
      ],
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "mīlitātus"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "vocative masculine singular of mīlitātus"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "mīlitātus",
          "militatus#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "form-of",
        "masculine",
        "participle",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "militate"
}

{
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "es",
        "2": "verb form"
      },
      "expansion": "militate",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Spanish",
  "lang_code": "es",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Spanish entries with incorrect language header",
        "Spanish non-lemma forms",
        "Spanish verb forms"
      ],
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "militar"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "second-person singular voseo imperative of militar combined with te"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "militar",
          "militar#Spanish"
        ],
        [
          "te",
          "te#Spanish"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "form-of",
        "imperative",
        "object-second-person",
        "object-singular",
        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "with-voseo"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "militate"
}

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