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malaxate

malaxate verb: to soften, especially by kneading with the hands.

Verb

malaxate (third-person singular simple present malaxates, present participle malaxating, simple past and past participle malaxated)

  1. to soften, especially by kneading with the hands
    Synonyms:
    malax

Synonyms of malaxate

Forms of malaxate

third-person singular presentmalaxates
present participlemalaxating
past participlemalaxated
pastmalaxated

Origin of malaxate

From Latin malaxātus, perfect passive participle of malaxō (“to knead, malaxate”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix). Compare French malaxer.

Questions about malaxate

What does malaxate mean?
Malaxate means to soften, especially by kneading with the hands.
What part of speech is malaxate?
Malaxate is a verb.
What is the past tense of malaxate?
The past tense of malaxate is malaxated.

Words near malaxate in the dictionary

  1. malawimonad
  2. malawimonads
  3. malax
  4. malaxable
  5. malaxage
  6. malaxate
  7. malaxated
  8. malaxates
  9. malaxating
  10. malaxation
  11. malaxations

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