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afflates

afflates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of afflate.

Meaning of afflate

Verb

afflate (third-person singular simple present afflates, present participle afflating, simple past and past participle afflated)

  1. (obsolete) To fill, especially with divine inspiration.
    • There was[…]a “spirit of courage” breathed into his [sc. Luther's] being, of which the heroism of this world knows nothing. Nor may we question that the same afflating influence could have wrought an equal boldness in creatures whose constitutional timidity was excessive and effeminate.1853, George Cubitt, The Life of Martin Luther, page 323

Questions about afflates

What is afflates the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Afflates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of afflate.

Words near afflates in the dictionary

  1. affixt
  2. affixture
  3. affixtures
  4. afflate
  5. afflated
  6. afflates
  7. afflating
  8. afflation
  9. afflations
  10. afflatus
  11. afflatuses

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