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horripilates

horripilates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of horripilate.

Meaning of horripilate

Verb

horripilate (third-person singular simple present horripilates, present participle horripilating, simple past and past participle horripilated)

  1. (ambitransitive) To bristle in fear or horror; to have goose bumps or goose pimples.
    • Another volume of ghost stories by Mrs. [Catherine] Crowe!—as grim and horrifying as the "Night Side of Nature," which sends one to bed with a shudder, and lends an awful deliberation to the act of putting out the candle. These pages would literally be frightful if they were not at the same time...1859 February 12, “Ghosts and Family Legends. By Mrs. Crowe, Authoress of the ‘Night Side of Nature.’ (Newby.)”, in The Literary Gazette: A Weekly Journal of Literature, Science, Art, and General...
    Synonyms:
    have goose flesh, goose skin, have one's hair stand on end, perscopate

Questions about horripilates

What is horripilates the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Horripilates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of horripilate.

Words near horripilates in the dictionary

  1. horrigible
  2. Horringford
  3. horripilant
  4. horripilate
  5. horripilated
  6. horripilates
  7. horripilating
  8. horripilation
  9. horripilations
  10. horripilatory
  11. horrisonant

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