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nutates

nutates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of nutate.

Meaning of nutate

Verb

nutate (third-person singular simple present nutates, present participle nutating, simple past and past participle nutated)

  1. (intransitive) To rock or sway involuntarily.
  2. (intransitive) To wobble; to make a circular rocking motion.

Questions about nutates

What is nutates the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Nutates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of nutate.

Words near nutates in the dictionary

  1. nutarian
  2. nutarianism
  3. nutarians
  4. nutate
  5. nutated
  6. nutates
  7. nutating
  8. nutation
  9. nutational
  10. nutations
  11. nutator

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