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incardinate

incardinate verb: to raise (someone) to the rank of cardinal.

Verb

incardinate (third-person singular simple present incardinates, present participle incardinating, simple past and past participle incardinated)

  1. (transitive) To raise (someone) to the rank of cardinal.
  2. (transitive) To enroll (someone) as a priest of a particular church.

Forms of incardinate

third-person singular presentincardinates
present participleincardinating
past participleincardinated
pastincardinated

Questions about incardinate

What does incardinate mean?
Incardinate means to raise (someone) to the rank of cardinal.
What part of speech is incardinate?
Incardinate is a verb.
What is the past tense of incardinate?
The past tense of incardinate is incardinated.

Words near incardinate in the dictionary

  1. incarcerator
  2. incarcerators
  3. incarceree
  4. incarcerees
  5. incarceritis
  6. incardinate
  7. incardinated
  8. incardinates
  9. incardinating
  10. incardination
  11. incardinations

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