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militiates

militiates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of militiate.

Meaning of militiate

Verb

militiate (third-person singular simple present militiates, present participle militiating, simple past and past participle militiated)

  1. (ambitransitive, obsolete) To raise a militia; to wage, or prepare for, war.
    • November 16 1759, Horace Walpole, letter to Sir Horace Mann
      We continue to militiate , and to raise light troops , and when we have armed every apprentice in England , I suppose we shall translate our fears to Germany

Questions about militiates

What is militiates the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Militiates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of militiate.

Words near militiates in the dictionary

  1. militiaperson
  2. militiapersons
  3. militias
  4. militiate
  5. militiated
  6. militiates
  7. militiating
  8. militiawoman
  9. militiawomen
  10. militician
  11. militicians

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