"adulate" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /ˈæ.d͡ʒə.leɪt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-adulate.wav Forms: adulates [present, singular, third-person], adulating [participle, present], adulated [participle, past], adulated [past]
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin adūlor. Etymology templates: {{lbor|en|la|adūlor}} Learned borrowing from Latin adūlor Head templates: {{en-verb}} adulate (third-person singular simple present adulates, present participle adulating, simple past and past participle adulated)
  1. To flatter effusively. Derived forms: adulation, adulator, adulatory Translations (to flatter effusively): aduler (French), lobhudeln (German), bladair (Irish), adulare (Italian), whakapatipati (Maori), adular (Portuguese), подхали́мничать (podxalímničatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), подхали́мствовать (podxalímstvovatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), низкопокло́нничать (nizkopoklónničatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), koltuklamak (Turkish), okkalamak (Turkish), pehpehlemek (Turkish), pohpohlamak (Turkish)

Inflected forms

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