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menstrate

/ˌmɛnˈstɹeɪt/

menstrate is the alternative form of menstruate.

Meaning of menstruate

Verb

menstruate (third-person singular simple present menstruates, present participle menstruating, simple past and past participle menstruated)

  1. (obsolete, rare, transitive) To stain with or as if with menses.
  2. (intransitive) To undergo menstruation, to have a period.
    • A woman may have every quality or attribute of marriageableness who menstruates irregularly, or rarely, or even who has never menstruated at all.1884, The Medical Age, volume 2, page 358
    Synonyms:
    be on one's period, be on the rag

See all 3 meanings of menstruate

Forms of menstrate

third-person singular presentmenstrates
present participlemenstrating
past participlemenstrated
pastmenstrated

Origin of menstrate

Representing a disyllabic pronunciation of menstruate. Compare menstral, representing a disyllabic pronunciation of menstrual, and menstration, representing a trisyllabic pronunciation of menstruation.

Questions about menstrate

What is menstrate the alternative form of?
Menstrate is the alternative form of menstruate.
How do you pronounce menstrate?
Menstrate is pronounced /ˌmɛnˈstɹeɪt/.

Words near menstrate in the dictionary

  1. Menson
  2. menstealer
  3. menstealers
  4. Menston
  5. menstral
  6. menstrate
  7. menstrated
  8. menstrates
  9. menstrating
  10. menstration
  11. menstrations

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Adapted from Wiktionary: menstrate (page history and authors); menstruate (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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