"latrate" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /læˈtreɪt/, /ləˈtreɪt/, /leɪˈtreɪt/ Forms: latrates [present, singular, third-person], latrating [participle, present], latrated [participle, past], latrated [past]
Etymology: From Latin lātrātus (“barked”) taken as a verb via English -ate, from Latin lātrāre (“to bark”). Compare Spanish ladrar (“to bark”). First attested in 1623, originally seemingly as a ghost word. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|lātrātus||barked}} Latin lātrātus (“barked”), {{der|en|la|lātrō|lātrāre|to bark}} Latin lātrāre (“to bark”), {{cog|es|ladrar||to bark}} Spanish ladrar (“to bark”), {{etydate/the|1623}} 1623, {{etydate|1623}} First attested in 1623, {{lg|ghost word}} ghost word Head templates: {{en-verb}} latrate (third-person singular simple present latrates, present participle latrating, simple past and past participle latrated)
  1. (rare) To bark; to make doglike noises. Tags: rare Categories (topical): Animal sounds Categories (lifeform): Dogs Related terms: latrability [obsolete], latrant, latration, oblatration

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1972, Max Wylie, 400 Miles from Harlem: Courts, Crime, and Correction, page 201:",
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