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delirate

/ˈdɛlɪɹeɪt/

delirate verb: to act, speak or reason in a manner thought insane, to be affected or characterized by delirium; to rave.

Verb

delirate (third-person singular simple present delirates, present participle delirating, simple past and past participle delirated)

  1. (intransitive, rare) To act, speak or reason in a manner thought insane, to be affected or characterized by delirium; to rave.
  2. (obsolete, transitive) To madden, to make crazy.

delirate meaning in Bengali

delirate in Bengali

প্রলাপ বকা, কাউকে উন্মাদ, পাগল করে তোলা

Forms of delirate

third-person singular presentdelirates
present participledelirating
past participledelirated
pastdelirated

Origin of delirate

First attested in 1623; borrowed from Latin dēlīrātus, perfect passive participle of dēlīrō, see -ate (verb-forming suffix). Cognate with French délirer.

Questions about delirate

What does delirate mean?
Delirate means to act, speak or reason in a manner thought insane, to be affected or characterized by delirium; to rave.
What is delirate in Bengali?
Delirate in Bengali is প্রলাপ বকা, কাউকে উন্মাদ, পাগল করে তোলা. See Delirate meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is delirate?
Delirate is a verb.
How do you pronounce delirate?
Delirate is pronounced /ˈdɛlɪɹeɪt/.
What is the past tense of delirate?
The past tense of delirate is delirated.

Words near delirate in the dictionary

  1. deliracy
  2. delirament
  3. deliraments
  4. delirancy
  5. delirant
  6. delirate
  7. delirates
  8. delirating
  9. deliration
  10. delirations
  11. deliria

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Adapted from Wiktionary: delirate (page history and authors); delirate (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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