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dementate

UK/dɪˈmɛnteɪt/

dementate verb: to dement, to make crazy.

Verb

dementate (third-person singular simple present dementates, present participle dementating, simple past and past participle dementated)

  1. (obsolete) To dement, to make crazy.
    • as if they had all […] landed in the mad haven in the Euxine Sea of Daphne insana, which had a secret quality to dementate […]., New York, 2001, p.117

Adjective

dementate (comparative more dementate, superlative most dementate)

  1. (obsolete) Deprived of reason.
    • Arise, thou dementate sinner!1645, Henry Hammond, St. Paul's Sermon to Felix

Forms of dementate

Verb
third-person singular presentdementates
present participledementating
past participledementated
pastdementated
Adjective
comparativemore dementate
superlativemost dementate

Origin of dementate

First attested in 1628; borrowed from Latin dēmentātus, perfect passive participle of dēmentō, see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix).

Questions about dementate

What does dementate mean?
Dementate means to dement, to make crazy.
What part of speech is dementate?
Dementate can be a verb or an adjective.
How do you pronounce dementate?
Dementate is pronounced /dɪˈmɛnteɪt/ (UK).
What is the past tense of dementate?
The past tense of dementate is dementated.

Words near dementate in the dictionary

  1. dementalization
  2. dementalize
  3. dementalized
  4. dementalizes
  5. dementalizing
  6. dementate
  7. dementated
  8. dementates
  9. dementating
  10. dementation
  11. demented

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