modificates

modificates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of modificate.

Meaning of modificate

modificate (third-person singular simple present modificates, present participle modificating, simple past and past participle modificated)

(obsolete) To qualify.
- The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of the Lord, and of his Christ, and he shall reign for ever and ever, not only to the modificated eternity of his Mediatorship, so long as there shall be need of regal power to subdue the enemies of God's Elect; but also to the complete eternity of...1659, John Pearson, Exposition of the Creed

modificate (third-person singular simple present modificates, present participle modificating, simple past and past participle modificated)

(nonstandard, chiefly non-native speakers' English) To modify.
- It seems that after the systemstartup of cron it reads the crontab-files in memory only once. After that moment cron wont^([sic]) reread a modificated crontab-file for normal users (it does for the crontab-file of root!). Everytime^([sic]) a normal user modificates his crontab-file (with crontab...1998 October 15, Peter van Empel, “After upgrade 4.0B - 4.0D -> weird cron”, in cu.alpha.managers (Usenet), archived from the original on 30 Jun 2026

What is modificates the third-person singular simple present indicative of?: Modificates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of modificate.

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