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irregulate

irregulate verb: to make irregular; to disorder.

Verb

irregulate (third-person singular simple present irregulates, present participle irregulating, simple past and past participle irregulated)

  1. (transitive) to make irregular; to disorder
    • its fluctuations are but motions subservient; which winds, storms, shores, shelves, and every interjacency irregulates1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], →OCLC

Forms of irregulate

third-person singular presentirregulates
present participleirregulating
past participleirregulated
pastirregulated

Origin of irregulate

From ir- + regulate.

Questions about irregulate

What does irregulate mean?
Irregulate means to make irregular; to disorder.
What part of speech is irregulate?
Irregulate is a verb.
What is the past tense of irregulate?
The past tense of irregulate is irregulated.

Words near irregulate in the dictionary

  1. irregularizes
  2. irregularizing
  3. irregularly
  4. irregularness
  5. irregulars
  6. irregulate
  7. irregulated
  8. irregulates
  9. irregulating
  10. irregulous
  11. irrejectable

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