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contristate

contristate verb: to make sorrowful; to sadden or grieve.

Verb

contristate (third-person singular simple present contristates, present participle contristating, simple past and past participle contristated)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To make sorrowful; to sadden or grieve.
    • Somewhat they [Harmonical sounds and Discordant Sounds] do contristate , but very little1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “IX. Century.”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William...
    • They are contristated to repentance.1637, William Chillingworth, The Religion of Protestants

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Forms of contristate

third-person singular presentcontristates
present participlecontristating
past participlecontristated
pastcontristated

Origin of contristate

First attested in 1616; borrowed from Latin contrīstātus, perfect passive participle of contrīstō (“to sadden”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix). Doublet of contrist.

Questions about contristate

What does contristate mean?
Contristate means to make sorrowful; to sadden or grieve.
What part of speech is contristate?
Contristate is a verb.
What is the past tense of contristate?
The past tense of contristate is contristated.

Words near contristate in the dictionary

  1. contributresses
  2. contributrices
  3. contributrix
  4. contries
  5. contrist
  6. contristate
  7. contristated
  8. contristates
  9. contristating
  10. contristation
  11. contristations

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