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ambiated

ambiated is the simple past and past participle of ambiate.

Meaning of ambiate

Verb

ambiate (third-person singular simple present ambiates, present participle ambiating, simple past and past participle ambiated)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To ambition; to covet; to seek after ambitiously or eagerly.
    • 'Tis a great piece of the corruption of our depraved nature, to ambiate things moſt prohibited : […]1649, Josiah Shute, “The Sixteenth Sermon”, in Sarah and Hagar: or, Genesis the ſixteenth Chapter opened, in XIX Sermons, London: […] J. L. and Humphrey Moſely, page 166

Questions about ambiated

What is ambiated the simple past and past participle of?
Ambiated is the simple past and past participle of ambiate.

Words near ambiated in the dictionary

  1. ambiamorous
  2. ambiamory
  3. ambiance
  4. ambiances
  5. ambiate
  6. ambiated
  7. ambiates
  8. ambiating
  9. ambices
  10. ambidensovirus
  11. ambidensoviruses

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