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intermate

intermate verb: to mate with a member of another species or group.

Verb

intermate (third-person singular simple present intermates, present participle intermating, simple past and past participle intermated)

  1. To mate with a member of another species or group.
    • In that moment the interstices of matter were his, and the interfusings and intermating transfusings of matter and force.1918, Jack London, The Red One

Forms of intermate

third-person singular presentintermates
present participleintermating
past participleintermated
pastintermated

Origin of intermate

From inter- + mate.

Questions about intermate

What does intermate mean?
Intermate means to mate with a member of another species or group.
What part of speech is intermate?
Intermate is a verb.
What is the past tense of intermate?
The past tense of intermate is intermated.

Words near intermate in the dictionary

  1. intermarry
  2. intermarrying
  3. intermarryings
  4. intermat
  5. intermatch
  6. intermate
  7. intermated
  8. intermates
  9. intermating
  10. intermatings
  11. intermats

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