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inhiate

Syllables: in·hi·ate/ˈɪn.haɪ̯.eɪ̯t/

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Australia/ˈɪn.hɑe̯.æɪ̯t/

inhiate verb: to open the jaws; to gape.

Verb

inhiate (third-person singular simple present inhiates, present participle inhiating, simple past and past participle inhiated)

  1. (intransitive, obsolete) To open the jaws; to gape.

inhiate meaning in Bengali

inhiate in Bengali

চোয়াল খোলা, হাঁ করা

Forms of inhiate

third-person singular presentinhiates
present participleinhiating
past participleinhiated
pastinhiated

Origin of inhiate

Learned borrowing from Latin inhiō, inhiāre, inhiāvī, inhiātum. First attested in 1542. By surface analysis, in- + hiate.

Words formed from inhiate

Questions about inhiate

What does inhiate mean?
Inhiate means to open the jaws; to gape.
What is inhiate in Bengali?
Inhiate in Bengali is চোয়াল খোলা, হাঁ করা. See Inhiate meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is inhiate?
Inhiate is a verb.
How do you pronounce inhiate?
Inhiate is pronounced /ˈɪn.haɪ̯.eɪ̯t/ (UK).
What is the past tense of inhiate?
The past tense of inhiate is inhiated.

Words near inhiate in the dictionary

  1. inhersed
  2. inherses
  3. inhersing
  4. inhesion
  5. inhesions
  6. inhiate
  7. inhiated
  8. inhiates
  9. inhiating
  10. inhiation
  11. inhibin

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Adapted from Wiktionary: inhiate (page history and authors); inhiate (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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