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mussitates

mussitates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of mussitate.

Meaning of mussitate

Verb

mussitate (third-person singular simple present mussitates, present participle mussitating, simple past and past participle mussitated)

  1. (transitive) To say (words, etc.) indistinctly; to mutter.
    • As for the Origination of the name Magus, […] others [derive it] from מהגה, one that muſſitates; becauſe the Magi tranſacted al their Incantations by muſſitating or muttering out their vvords.1676, Theophilus Gale, “Of the Magi, Gymnosophistæ, Druides and Other Barbaric Philosophers”, in The Court of the Gentiles: Or, A Discourse Touching the Traduction of Philosophie from the Scriptures...
  2. (intransitive) To talk indistinctly; to mutter.
    • Let none dare to think as vve hear ſome one or tvvo begins to muſſitate, that the Magiſtrates miſcarriages about the matters of Religion, does forfault him of his right to govern, and ſo cadens titulo, is no more to be ovvned as King.1681, “an Healing Hand” [pseudonym; John Bairdy], Balm from Gilead: Or, The Differences about the Indulgence, Stated and Impleaded: […], London: […] Tho[mas] Cockerill […], →OCLC, page 162

Questions about mussitates

What is mussitates the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Mussitates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of mussitate.

Words near mussitates in the dictionary

  1. mussiness
  2. mussing
  3. mussing up
  4. mussitate
  5. mussitated
  6. mussitates
  7. mussitating
  8. mussitation
  9. mussitations
  10. mussite
  11. mussites

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