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delibate

delibate verb: to taste; to take a sip of.

Verb

delibate (third-person singular simple present delibates, present participle delibating, simple past and past participle delibated)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To taste; to take a sip of.
    • 1641: Shackerley Marmion, The Antiquary, Act III: [Duke:] But when he has travell’d and delibated, the French and the Spanish can lye a bed, and expound Astrea, and digest him into complements …
  2. (obsolete, transitive) To dabble in.

Forms of delibate

third-person singular presentdelibates
present participledelibating
past participledelibated
pastdelibated

Origin of delibate

First attested in 1623; Borrowed from Latin dēlibātus, perfect passive participle of dēlibō (“to take away from, to taste from”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from dē- + libō (“to taste; to consecrate a liquid”).

Questions about delibate

What does delibate mean?
Delibate means to taste; to take a sip of.
What part of speech is delibate?
Delibate is a verb.
What is the past tense of delibate?
The past tense of delibate is delibated.

Words near delibate in the dictionary

  1. Delian
  2. Delian problem
  3. Delian problems
  4. Delians
  5. delias
  6. delibate
  7. delibated
  8. delibates
  9. delibating
  10. delibation
  11. delibations

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