constate
constate verb: to relay information in a statement and say whether it is true or false.
Verb
constate (third-person singular simple present constates, present participle constating, simple past and past participle constated)
- To relay information in a statement and say whether it is true or false.
- To ascertain; to verify; to establish; to prove.
- It need be no concern of his how we come, through the joint action of our double nature, to apprehend at first those truths which, when apprehended, he knows to be necessary. The metaphysician has only to constate such facts ; it is the business of the psychologist to explain them.1859, Frances Power Cobbe, An Essay on Intuitive Morals
- Above all, he has thought himself able to constate a preparoxysmal increase of albumin, from which he has drawn far-reaching conclusions.1948, Acta psychiatrica et neurologica: Supplementum
Forms of constate
| third-person singular present | constates |
|---|---|
| present participle | constating |
| past participle | constated |
| past | constated |
Origin of constate
Borrowed from French constater.
Questions about constate
- What does constate mean?
- Constate means to relay information in a statement and say whether it is true or false.
- What part of speech is constate?
- Constate is a verb.
- What is the past tense of constate?
- The past tense of constate is constated.
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