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nostrificate

nostrificate verb: to grant recognition to a degree from a foreign university; to nostrify.

Verb

nostrificate (third-person singular simple present nostrificates, present participle nostrificating, simple past and past participle nostrificated)

  1. To grant recognition to a degree from a foreign university; to nostrify.
    Synonyms:
    nostrify

Synonyms of nostrificate

Forms of nostrificate

third-person singular presentnostrificates
present participlenostrificating
past participlenostrificated
pastnostrificated

Origin of nostrificate

First attested in 1889; back-formation from nostrification, from Latin nostr- (“our, ours”) + -ific + -ate. Doublet of nostrify.

Questions about nostrificate

What does nostrificate mean?
Nostrificate means to grant recognition to a degree from a foreign university; to nostrify.
What part of speech is nostrificate?
Nostrificate is a verb.
What is the past tense of nostrificate?
The past tense of nostrificate is nostrificated.

Words near nostrificate in the dictionary

  1. Nostradamuses
  2. nostral
  3. Nostratic
  4. Nostraticist
  5. Nostraticists
  6. nostrificate
  7. nostrificated
  8. nostrificates
  9. nostrificating
  10. nostrification
  11. nostrifications

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