angariate
angariate verb: to compel or force (someone).
Verb
angariate (third-person singular simple present angariates, present participle angariating, simple past and past participle angariated)
- To compel or force (someone).
- Howſoeuer, if parting with a peece of money be ſuch a Preſſure to the husband for the Wines wilfulnes, what a miſerable Preſſing Crueltie was that to burne a woman great with Childe, which opening the wombe in the torments , and comming foorth, was Angariated as throwen backe into the fire, to bee...1609, William Barlow, An Ansvver to a Catholike English-man, London: […] Thomas Haneland for Mathew Law, page 140
- Wherefore I could not but with Iacobs Angel giue them leaue to prevaile, & yeeld ſo farre unto their earneſt requeſt, that being angariated to goe but one mile, I was notwithstanding content to goe with them more then twaine , preaching(before my departure thence)divers ſermons vnto them.1635, Iohn Downe, “To the Reader”, in A Treatise of the Trve Natvre and Definition of Justifying Faith, […] Iohn Lichfield for Edward Foreſt, page A2
Forms of angariate
| third-person singular present | angariates |
|---|---|
| present participle | angariating |
| past participle | angariated |
| past | angariated |
Origin of angariate
Borrowed from Latin angariātus, perfect passive participle of angariō (“to compel”).
Questions about angariate
- What does angariate mean?
- Angariate means to compel or force (someone).
- What part of speech is angariate?
- Angariate is a verb.
- What is the past tense of angariate?
- The past tense of angariate is angariated.
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