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diluviate

diluviate verb: to run as a flood.

Verb

diluviate (third-person singular simple present diluviates, present participle diluviating, simple past and past participle diluviated)

  1. (obsolete) To run as a flood.

Forms of diluviate

third-person singular presentdiluviates
present participlediluviating
past participlediluviated
pastdiluviated

Origin of diluviate

Borrowed from Latin dīluviātus, perfect passive participle of dīluviō, see -ate (verb-forming suffix).

Questions about diluviate

What does diluviate mean?
Diluviate means to run as a flood.
What part of speech is diluviate?
Diluviate is a verb.
What is the past tense of diluviate?
The past tense of diluviate is diluviated.

Words near diluviate in the dictionary

  1. diluvialists
  2. diluvian
  3. diluvianism
  4. diluvianist
  5. diluvianists
  6. diluviate
  7. diluviated
  8. diluviates
  9. diluviating
  10. diluviation
  11. diluviations

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