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latibulate

latibulate verb: to retreat and lie hidden; to hide in a corner.

Verb

latibulate (third-person singular simple present latibulates, present participle latibulating, simple past and past participle latibulated)

  1. (archaic, figuratively, obsolete, rare) To retreat and lie hidden; to hide in a corner.
    • Latibulate, Privily to hide ones self in a corner.[1658, H. C. (Gent.), The English dictionarie: or, An interpreter of hard English words ..., 8th revised and enlarged edition, A. M.; sold by Andrew Crooke
    • He is probably after the manner of his prototype Kellogg, "latibulating" in some secure position, in breathless expectancy that His Excellency, will again uphold usurpation[…].1874 November 16, The Wheeling Daily Register, Wheeling, West Virginia, page 2, column 1

Forms of latibulate

third-person singular presentlatibulates
present participlelatibulating
past participlelatibulated
pastlatibulated

Origin of latibulate

From Latin latibulārī + -ate, from latibulum (“a hiding-place, lair”) + -ārī. See also latibulize.

Questions about latibulate

What does latibulate mean?
Latibulate means to retreat and lie hidden; to hide in a corner.
What part of speech is latibulate?
Latibulate is a verb.
What is the past tense of latibulate?
The past tense of latibulate is latibulated.

Words near latibulate in the dictionary

  1. Latial
  2. Latials
  3. Latian
  4. Latians
  5. latibula
  6. latibulate
  7. latibulated
  8. latibulates
  9. latibulating
  10. latibulize
  11. latibulized

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