"eccentricate" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: eccentricates [present, singular, third-person], eccentricating [participle, present], eccentricated [participle, past], eccentricated [past]
Etymology: eccentric + -ate Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|eccentric|ate}} eccentric + -ate Head templates: {{en-verb}} eccentricate (third-person singular simple present eccentricates, present participle eccentricating, simple past and past participle eccentricated)
  1. (transitive) To move to the periphery; to marginalize. Tags: transitive Related terms: eccentric
    Sense id: en-eccentricate-en-verb-orAZbrZ~ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ate

Inflected forms

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