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locutes

locutes is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 locutes

What is locutes the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Locutes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of locute.

Words near locutes in the dictionary

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

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