"micturate" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /ˈmɪkt͡ʃəɹeɪt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-micturate.wav Forms: micturates [present, singular, third-person], micturating [participle, present], micturated [participle, past], micturated [past]
Etymology: First attested in 1842; irregular back-formation from micturition on the basis of -ate (verb-forming suffix), from Latin micturiō (“to urinate”). Related to Old English mīgan (whence Early Middle English miȝen (“to urinate”) See also Mingere and meiere: urination. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*h₃meyǵʰ-}}, {{dercat|en|itc-pro|ine-pro}}, {{etydate|1842}} First attested in 1842, {{back-form|en|micturition|nocap=1}} back-formation from micturition, {{af|en|-ate|id1=verb|pos1=verb-forming suffix}} -ate (verb-forming suffix), {{der|en|la|micturiō||to urinate}} Latin micturiō (“to urinate”), {{m+|ang|mīgan}} Old English mīgan, {{cog|enm|miȝen||to urinate}} Middle English miȝen (“to urinate”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} micturate (third-person singular simple present micturates, present participle micturating, simple past and past participle micturated)
  1. (intransitive, physiology, formal) To urinate. Tags: formal, intransitive Derived forms: micturator Related terms: micturient, micturition, retromingent

Inflected forms

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