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delibates

delibates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of delibate.

Meaning of delibate

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.

Questions about delibates

What is delibates the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Delibates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of delibate.

Words near delibates in the dictionary

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

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