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durates

durates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of durate.

Meaning of durate

Verb

durate (third-person singular simple present durates, present participle durating, simple past and past participle durated)

  1. (uncommon) To have, or last for, some duration (of time).
    • But in the same way as we shall say of our simple creature that he perceives his sensation when it exists at all, and that he perceives time when it (the sensation) durates at all, 80 we shall say he perceives a certain definite[…]1891, Herbert Nichols, The Psychology of Time: Historically and Philosophically Considered, with Extended Experiments

Questions about durates

What is durates the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Durates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of durate.

Words near durates in the dictionary

  1. duras
  2. Durasian
  3. Durassian
  4. durate
  5. durated
  6. durates
  7. durating
  8. duration
  9. durational
  10. durational pattern
  11. durational patterns

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