"starvate" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: starvates [present, singular, third-person], starvating [participle, present], starvated [participle, past], starvated [past]
Etymology: Back-formation from starvation. Etymology templates: {{back-form|en|starvation}} Back-formation from starvation Head templates: {{en-verb}} starvate (third-person singular simple present starvates, present participle starvating, simple past and past participle starvated)
  1. (nonstandard, non-native speakers' English) Synonym of starve Tags: nonstandard Synonyms: starve [synonym, synonym-of]

Inflected forms

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