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compurgate

compurgate verb: to acquit (a person), or acquit a person of (an offence), by compurgation.

Verb

compurgate (third-person singular simple present compurgates, present participle compurgating, simple past and past participle compurgated)

  1. (ambitransitive) To acquit (a person), or acquit a person of (an offence), by compurgation.

Forms of compurgate

third-person singular presentcompurgates
present participlecompurgating
past participlecompurgated
pastcompurgated

Questions about compurgate

What does compurgate mean?
Compurgate means to acquit (a person), or acquit a person of (an offence), by compurgation.
What part of speech is compurgate?
Compurgate is a verb.
What is the past tense of compurgate?
The past tense of compurgate is compurgated.

Words near compurgate in the dictionary

  1. compunications
  2. compunovel
  3. compunovels
  4. compuper
  5. compupers
  6. compurgate
  7. compurgated
  8. compurgates
  9. compurgating
  10. compurgation
  11. compurgations

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