connubiate
connubiate verb: to live together as man and wife; to marry; (loosely), to have relations.
Verb
connubiate (third-person singular simple present connubiates, present participle connubiating, simple past and past participle connubiated)
- To live together as man and wife; to marry; (loosely), to have relations.
- Let it be Rome, Milan, Naples, Florence, Turin, Venice, or Switzerland, and ‘egad!’ (as Bayes saith,) I will connubiate and join you; and we will write a new ‘Inferno’ in our Paradise.1814, Lord Byron, letter, 9 April
- So much for the desire of these interesting creatures to—we don't say marry, because the word is not genteel, and is rather discountenanced at the college—but to connubiate.1861, John Heiton, The Castes of Edinburgh, page 119
Forms of connubiate
| third-person singular present | connubiates |
|---|---|
| present participle | connubiating |
| past participle | connubiated |
| past | connubiated |
Origin of connubiate
From Latin connūbium (“marriage”) + -ate (verb-forming suffix).
Questions about connubiate
- What does connubiate mean?
- Connubiate means to live together as man and wife; to marry; (loosely), to have relations.
- What part of speech is connubiate?
- Connubiate is a verb.
- What is the past tense of connubiate?
- The past tense of connubiate is connubiated.
Words near connubiate in the dictionary
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