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oblectate

oblectate verb: to delight; to please greatly.

Verb

oblectate (third-person singular simple present oblectates, present participle oblectating, simple past and past participle oblectated)

  1. (obsolete, rare) To delight; to please greatly.

Forms of oblectate

third-person singular presentoblectates
present participleoblectating
past participleoblectated
pastoblectated

Origin of oblectate

Borrowed from Latin oblectātus, perfect passive participle of oblectō, see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and ob-.

Questions about oblectate

What does oblectate mean?
Oblectate means to delight; to please greatly.
What part of speech is oblectate?
Oblectate is a verb.
What is the past tense of oblectate?
The past tense of oblectate is oblectated.

Words near oblectate in the dictionary

  1. oblatory
  2. oblatration
  3. oblatrations
  4. oblatum
  5. oblea
  6. oblectate
  7. oblectated
  8. oblectates
  9. oblectating
  10. oblectation
  11. oblectations

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