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explaterate

explaterate verb: to talk continuously without stop.

Verb

explaterate (third-person singular simple present explaterates, present participle explaterating, simple past and past participle explaterated)

  1. (obsolete) To talk continuously without stop.
    • His honor said he thought there was no need to explaterate about the matter.1833, The New-England Magazine, volume 5, page 319
    • I am here to explaterate about our family, and lecterize a leetle on human natur, and all that sort of thing.1850, William Valentine, A Budget of Wit and Humour

Forms of explaterate

third-person singular presentexplaterates
present participleexplaterating
past participleexplaterated
pastexplaterated

Questions about explaterate

What does explaterate mean?
Explaterate means to talk continuously without stop.
What part of speech is explaterate?
Explaterate is a verb.
What is the past tense of explaterate?
The past tense of explaterate is explaterated.

Words near explaterate in the dictionary

  1. explantation
  2. explantations
  3. explanted
  4. explanting
  5. explants
  6. explaterate
  7. explaterated
  8. explaterates
  9. explaterating
  10. explement
  11. explemental

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