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interminate

/ɪnˈtɜː(ɹ)mɪnət/

interminate adjective: without end or limit; boundless, infinite, interminable.

Adjective

interminate (comparative more interminate, superlative most interminate)

  1. Without end or limit; boundless, infinite, interminable.
    • Within a thicket I reposed; when round / I ruffled up fall'n leaves in heap; and found, / Let fall from heaven, a sleep interminate.1614–1615, Homer, “The Seventh Book of Homer’s Odysseys”, in Geo[rge] Chapman, transl., Homer’s Odysses. […], London: […] Rich[ard] Field [and William Jaggard], for Nathaniell Butter, published 1615...
    Synonyms:
    interminated

Verb

IPA/ɪnˈtɜː(ɹ)mɪneɪt/

interminate (third-person singular simple present interminates, present participle interminating, simple past and past participle interminated)

  1. (obsolete, rare) To menace; to threaten.
    • In all those three Euangelists, where this fearfull denunciation is interminated.a. 1631, John Donne, The sermons
    • Will ye have the specialities of his threatened judgements? […] But enough, enough of these doleful accents of interminated judgmentsa. 1656, Bishop Joseph Hall, The Mourner in Sion

Synonyms of interminate

Forms of interminate

Adjective
comparativemore interminate
superlativemost interminate
Verb
third-person singular presentinterminates
present participleinterminating
past participleinterminated
pastinterminated

Origin of interminate

From in- + terminate.

From Latin intermināt-, passive perfect participial stem of interminor (“to threaten, menace”).

Questions about interminate

What does interminate mean?
Interminate means without end or limit; boundless, infinite, interminable.
What part of speech is interminate?
Interminate can be an adjective or a verb.
How do you pronounce interminate?
Interminate is pronounced /ɪnˈtɜː(ɹ)mɪnət/.

Words near interminate in the dictionary

  1. interminability
  2. interminable
  3. interminableness
  4. interminables
  5. interminably
  6. interminate
  7. interminated
  8. interminates
  9. interminating
  10. intermination
  11. interminations

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