"ferruminate" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: ferruminates [present, singular, third-person], ferruminating [participle, present], ferruminated [participle, past], ferruminated [past]
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin ferrūminātus, perfect passive participle of ferrūminō (“to cement, solder”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from ferrūmen (“cement”). Etymology templates: {{bor+|en|la|ferrūminātus}} Borrowed from Latin ferrūminātus, {{glossary|perfect}} perfect, {{glossary|passive}} passive, {{glossary|participle}} participle, {{af|en|-ate|id1=verb|pos1=verb-forming suffix}} -ate (verb-forming suffix) Head templates: {{en-verb}} ferruminate (third-person singular simple present ferruminates, present participle ferruminating, simple past and past participle ferruminated)
  1. (obsolete, transitive, usually figurativr) To solder, fuse together, merge or unite, as if metals. Tags: obsolete, transitive

Inflected forms

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