"interminate" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ɪnˈtɜː(ɹ)mɪnət/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-interminate.wav [Southern-England] Forms: more interminate [comparative], most interminate [superlative]
Etymology: in- + terminate Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|in|terminate}} in- + terminate Head templates: {{en-adj}} interminate (comparative more interminate, superlative most interminate)
  1. Without end or limit; boundless, infinite, interminable. Synonyms: interminated
    Sense id: en-interminate-en-adj-j4zOtMuk Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English heteronyms, English terms prefixed with in- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 79 21 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 80 20 Disambiguation of English heteronyms: 71 29
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: /ɪnˈtɜː(ɹ)mɪneɪt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-interminate.wav [Southern-England] Forms: interminates [present, singular, third-person], interminating [participle, present], interminated [participle, past], interminated [past]
Etymology: Latin interminatus, past participle of interminari. Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|interminatus}} Latin interminatus, {{m|la|interminari}} interminari Head templates: {{en-verb}} interminate (third-person singular simple present interminates, present participle interminating, simple past and past participle interminated)
  1. (obsolete) To menace; to threaten. Tags: obsolete Related terms: minatory
    Sense id: en-interminate-en-verb-hLCJQ5qx
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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