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lacrimate

lacrimate is the alternative form of lachrymate.

Meaning of lachrymate

Verb

lachrymate (third-person singular simple present lachrymates, present participle lachrymating, simple past and past participle lachrymated)

  1. (literary) To cry or weep.

See all 3 meanings of lachrymate

Forms of lacrimate

Verb
third-person singular presentlacrimates
present participlelacrimating
past participlelacrimated
pastlacrimated
Adjective
comparativemore lacrimate
superlativemost lacrimate

Origin of lacrimate

From Latin lacrimāt-, past participial stem of lacrimō.

From Latin lacrima + -ate (adjectival suffix).

Questions about lacrimate

What is lacrimate the alternative form of?
Lacrimate is the alternative form of lachrymate.

Words near lacrimate in the dictionary

  1. lacrimal sacs
  2. lacrimal vase
  3. lacrimal vases
  4. lacrimals
  5. lacrimary
  6. lacrimate
  7. lacrimated
  8. lacrimates
  9. lacrimating
  10. lacrimation
  11. lacrimations

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Adapted from Wiktionary: lacrimate (page history and authors); lachrymate (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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