"nutate" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: nutates [present, singular, third-person], nutating [participle, present], nutated [participle, past], nutated [past]
Rhymes: -eɪt Etymology: First attested in 1880; back-formation from nutation (1610s) on the basis of -ate (verb-forming suffix), from Latin nūtātiō (“a nodding”), from nūtō (“to nod”), from Proto-Indo-European *neu-. Compare mutate. Etymology templates: {{etydate|1880}} First attested in 1880, {{back-form|en|nutation|nocap=1}} back-formation from nutation, {{af|en|-ate|id1=verb|pos1=verb-forming suffix}} -ate (verb-forming suffix), {{der|en|la|nūtātiō||a nodding}} Latin nūtātiō (“a nodding”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*neu-}} Proto-Indo-European *neu- Head templates: {{en-verb}} nutate (third-person singular simple present nutates, present participle nutating, simple past and past participle nutated)
  1. (intransitive) To rock or sway involuntarily. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-nutate-en-verb-00tuWvzl
  2. (intransitive, engineering) To wobble; to make a circular rocking motion. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-nutate-en-verb-Oi2en~6h Categories (other): Engineering, English back-formations, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ate (verb), Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English back-formations: 33 67 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 10 90 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ate (verb): 28 72 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 20 80 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 13 87 Topics: engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: circumnutate

Verb [Interlingua]

Head templates: {{head|ia|participle}} nutate
  1. past participle of nutar Tags: form-of, participle, past Form of: nutar
    Sense id: en-nutate-ia-verb-NFrFucWp Categories (other): Interlingua entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries

Verb [Latin]

Forms: nūtāte [canonical]
Head templates: {{head|la|participle form|head=nūtāte}} nūtāte
  1. vocative masculine singular of nūtātus Tags: form-of, masculine, participle, singular, vocative Form of: nūtātus
    Sense id: en-nutate-la-verb-bUGFeqkI Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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