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deliriate

deliriate verb: to act, speak, or reason in a manner considered insane, deluded, or absurd; to be affected by delirium.

Verb

deliriate (third-person singular simple present deliriates, present participle deliriating, simple past and past participle deliriated)

  1. (intransitive) To act, speak, or reason in a manner considered insane, deluded, or absurd; to be affected by delirium.
  2. (obsolete, transitive) To make (a person) delirious; to confound (a person's mind).

Forms of deliriate

third-person singular presentdeliriates
present participledeliriating
past participledeliriated
pastdeliriated

Origin of deliriate

From delirium + -ate. Compare delirate and delire.

Questions about deliriate

What does deliriate mean?
Deliriate means to act, speak, or reason in a manner considered insane, deluded, or absurd; to be affected by delirium.
What part of speech is deliriate?
Deliriate is a verb.
What is the past tense of deliriate?
The past tense of deliriate is deliriated.

Words near deliriate in the dictionary

  1. deliration
  2. delirations
  3. deliria
  4. deliriant
  5. deliriants
  6. deliriate
  7. deliriated
  8. delirifacient
  9. delirifacients
  10. deliriogen
  11. deliriogenic

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