"connubiate" meaning in English

See connubiate in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: connubiates [present, singular, third-person], connubiating [participle, present], connubiated [participle, past], connubiated [past]
Etymology: From Latin connūbium + -ate. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|la|connūbium}} Latin connūbium, {{suffix|en||ate}} + -ate Head templates: {{en-verb}} connubiate (third-person singular simple present connubiates, present participle connubiating, simple past and past participle connubiated)
  1. (rare, slang) To live together as man and wife; to marry; (loosely), to have relations. Tags: rare, slang

Inflected forms

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