lugubriate
lugubriate verb: to render, become, or be lugubrious.
Verb
lugubriate (third-person singular simple present lugubriates, present participle lugubriating, simple past and past participle lugubriated)
- To render, become, or be lugubrious.
- To be the etiology of lugubriousness in general.
- Such litanies of equilibrium in economics annually agitate the Economic Summit in Davos, Switzerland, and lugubriate in the worldly wisdom of such sages.2011, John Mauldin, Just One Thing: Twelve of the World's Best Investors Reveal the One Strategy You Can't Overlook, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., (unpaginated)
- He who culminates his nature's wealth will ne'er lugubriate by stealth.1882, Grip Print. & Publishing Company - Canada, Grip - Volume 18, A Political Novel of the Nineteenth Century - Pages 1-3
Forms of lugubriate
| third-person singular present | lugubriates |
|---|---|
| present participle | lugubriating |
| past participle | lugubriated |
| past | lugubriated |
Origin of lugubriate
From lugubrious; see -ate.
Questions about lugubriate
- What does lugubriate mean?
- Lugubriate means to render, become, or be lugubrious.
- What part of speech is lugubriate?
- Lugubriate is a verb.
- What is the past tense of lugubriate?
- The past tense of lugubriate is lugubriated.
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