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distantiate

distantiate verb: to distance (to put or keep at a literal or metaphorical or mental distance).

Verb

distantiate (third-person singular simple present distantiates, present participle distantiating, simple past and past participle distantiated)

  1. To distance (to put or keep at a literal or metaphorical or mental distance).
    • Extend from some fewe Maine Angls Base lines for Boundaries […] and from conuenient distances in the same, distantiate euery By.1610, Folkingham, Art of Survey, II. v. 55
    • It deviates, however, in having the coils more distantiated.1884, Gustaf Lindström, On the Silurian Gastropoda and Pteropoda of Gotland, page 167

Forms of distantiate

third-person singular presentdistantiates
present participledistantiating
past participledistantiated
pastdistantiated

Questions about distantiate

What does distantiate mean?
Distantiate means to distance (to put or keep at a literal or metaphorical or mental distance).
What part of speech is distantiate?
Distantiate is a verb.
What is the past tense of distantiate?
The past tense of distantiate is distantiated.

Words near distantiate in the dictionary

  1. distant sequels
  2. distant signal
  3. distant signals
  4. distant starlight problem
  5. distantial
  6. distantiate
  7. distantiated
  8. distantiates
  9. distantiating
  10. distantiation
  11. distantiations

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