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cancerate

cancerate verb: to grow into a cancer; to become cancerous.

Verb

cancerate (third-person singular simple present cancerates, present participle cancerating, simple past and past participle cancerated)

  1. (intransitive, obsolete) To grow into a cancer; to become cancerous.

Forms of cancerate

third-person singular presentcancerates
present participlecancerating
past participlecancerated
pastcancerated

Origin of cancerate

From Latin cancerātus (“eaten by a cancer”).

Questions about cancerate

What does cancerate mean?
Cancerate means to grow into a cancer; to become cancerous.
What part of speech is cancerate?
Cancerate is a verb.
What is the past tense of cancerate?
The past tense of cancerate is cancerated.

Words near cancerate in the dictionary

  1. cancer roots
  2. cancer stick
  3. cancer sticks
  4. cancer-cell
  5. cancer-cells
  6. cancerate
  7. cancerated
  8. cancerates
  9. cancerating
  10. canceration
  11. cancerations

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