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locuted

locuted is the simple past and past participle of locute.

Meaning of locute

Verb

locute (third-person singular simple present locutes, present participle locuting, simple past and past participle locuted)

  1. (intransitive, rare, transitive) To speak; to say; to utter.
    • And 'tis strange that Reverend Body shou'd not find out in several Years, that he who cannot Locute will never Prolocute well.1709, John Oldmixon, The History of Addresses, volume 1, page 240
  2. (intransitive, transitive) To utter a meaningful sentence; to perform a locutionary act.
    • The translator locutes propositions, but illocutes nothing at all.2011, David Braun, “Implicating Questions”, in Mind and Language, volume 26, pages 574–595

Questions about locuted

What is locuted the simple past and past participle of?
Locuted is the simple past and past participle of locute.

Words near locuted in the dictionary

  1. locustids
  2. locusting
  3. locustlike
  4. locusts
  5. locute
  6. locuted
  7. locutes
  8. locuting
  9. locution
  10. locutional
  11. locutionary

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