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desecates

desecates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of desecate.

Meaning of desecate

Verb

desecate (third-person singular simple present desecates, present participle desecating, simple past and past participle desecated)

  1. (obsolete, rare) To cut, as with a scythe; to mow.
    • So far as it has gone, it probably is the most pure and desecated public good which has ever been conferred on mankind.1798, Edmund Burke, The Beauties of the Late Right Hon. Edmund Burke, volume 2

Questions about desecates

What is desecates the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Desecates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of desecate.

Words near desecates in the dictionary

  1. deseated
  2. deseating
  3. deseats
  4. desecate
  5. desecated
  6. desecates
  7. desecating
  8. desecrate
  9. desecrated
  10. desecrater
  11. desecraters

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