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debacchate

/dɪˈbækeɪt/

debacchate verb: to rant as if drunk.

Verb

debacchate (third-person singular simple present debacchates, present participle debacchating, simple past and past participle debacchated)

  1. (rare) To rant as if drunk.
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Forms of debacchate

third-person singular presentdebacchates
present participledebacchating
past participledebacchated
pastdebacchated

Origin of debacchate

First attested in 1623; borrowed from Latin dēbacchātus, perfect active participle of Latin dēbacchor, see -ate (verb-forming suffix).

Questions about debacchate

What does debacchate mean?
Debacchate means to rant as if drunk.
What part of speech is debacchate?
Debacchate is a verb.
How do you pronounce debacchate?
Debacchate is pronounced /dɪˈbækeɪt/.
What is the past tense of debacchate?
The past tense of debacchate is debacchated.

Words near debacchate in the dictionary

  1. deba
  2. deba'athification
  3. debaa
  4. debabelization
  5. debacarb
  6. debacchate
  7. debacchated
  8. debacchates
  9. debacchating
  10. debacchation
  11. debacchations

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