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mirates

mirates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of mirate.

Meaning of mirate

Verb

mirate (third-person singular simple present mirates, present participle mirating, simple past and past participle mirated)

  1. (Southern US, uncommon) To marvel at.
    • With Bud in her arms and Babe at her heels, she rushed from one part of the court to another, laughing boisterously at Paulo's monkey pranks, and "mirating" over Francesca's tawdry finery.1893, M.E.M. Davis, “Judy's Mardi Gras”, in Wide Awake

Questions about mirates

What is mirates the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Mirates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of mirate.

Words near mirates in the dictionary

  1. mirasols
  2. mirasorvone
  3. mirasudar
  4. mirate
  5. mirated
  6. mirates
  7. mirating
  8. miration
  9. mirations
  10. mirative
  11. miratively

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