"militiate" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /mɪˈlɪʃieɪt/ Forms: militiates [present, singular, third-person], militiating [participle, present], militiated [participle, past], militiated [past]
Etymology: Variant of militate (possibly influenced by militia), from Latin milito. Etymology templates: {{m|en|militate}} militate, {{m|en|militia}} militia, {{der|en|la|milito}} Latin milito Head templates: {{en-verb}} militiate (third-person singular simple present militiates, present participle militiating, simple past and past participle militiated)
  1. (obsolete) To wage, or prepare for, war. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-militiate-en-verb-1cLxGjSx Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for militiate meaning in English (1.6kB)

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