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insimulate

insimulate verb: to accuse.

Verb

insimulate (third-person singular simple present insimulates, present participle insimulating, simple past and past participle insimulated)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To accuse.
    • Bring a petition to any earthly prince, and say to him, Evigila, and surge, Would your majesty would awake, and read this petition, and so insimulate him of a former drowsiness in his government; say unto him, Eripe manum, Pull thy hand out of thy bosom, and execute justice, and so insimulate him...1620 June 20 (Gregorian calendar), John Donne, “Sermon XL. Preached at Lincoln’s Inn, upon Trinity Sunday, 1620.”, in Henry Alford, editor, The Works of John Donne, D.D., […], volume II, London: John...

Forms of insimulate

third-person singular presentinsimulates
present participleinsimulating
past participleinsimulated
pastinsimulated

Origin of insimulate

From Latin insimulatus, past participle of insimulare (“to accuse”).

Questions about insimulate

What does insimulate mean?
Insimulate means to accuse.
What part of speech is insimulate?
Insimulate is a verb.
What is the past tense of insimulate?
The past tense of insimulate is insimulated.

Words near insimulate in the dictionary

  1. insignis-pines
  2. insignium
  3. insignment
  4. insignments
  5. insimplicity
  6. insimulate
  7. insimulates
  8. insincere
  9. insincerely
  10. insincereness
  11. insincerest

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