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edificate

edificate verb: to build.

Verb

edificate (third-person singular simple present edificates, present participle edificating, simple past and past participle edificated)

  1. to build
    • Vides my Fili, what a little nous Suffices to edificate a house!1899, William Makepeace Thackeray, Vanity Fair: A Novel Without a Hero
    • 'Madame, I do not edificate souls.'1904, Warwick Deeping, Love Among the Ruins, Createspace Independent Publishing Platform, page 119

Forms of edificate

third-person singular presentedificates
present participleedificating
past participleedificated
pastedificated

Origin of edificate

From Latin aedifico.

Questions about edificate

What does edificate mean?
Edificate means to build.
What part of speech is edificate?
Edificate is a verb.
What is the past tense of edificate?
The past tense of edificate is edificated.

Words near edificate in the dictionary

  1. EDID
  2. Edie
  3. EDIFACT
  4. edifenphos
  5. edificant
  6. edificate
  7. edification
  8. edifications
  9. edificator
  10. edificators
  11. edificatory

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