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ambiates

ambiates is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 ambiates

What is ambiates the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Ambiates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of ambiate.

Words near ambiates in the dictionary

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

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