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oppilate

Syllables: op·pi·lateUS/ˈɑː.pə.leɪt/

oppilate verb: to block, to stop up, to obstruct.

Verb

oppilate (third-person singular simple present oppilates, present participle oppilating, simple past and past participle oppilated)

  1. (obsolete) To block, to stop up, to obstruct.
    • Without proper exercise, sluggish fluids tend to settle in the limbs and oppilate the smaller veins.
    • The old drainage pipe would oppilate whenever leaves and silt collected inside it.
    Synonyms:
    clog, plug

Adjective

oppilate (comparative more oppilate, superlative most oppilate)

  1. (obsolete) Blocked, obstructed.

oppilate meaning in Tamil

oppilate in Tamil

வழியடை, துளை தூர்த்துவிடு

Synonyms of oppilate

Antonyms

Forms of oppilate

Verb
third-person singular presentoppilates
present participleoppilating
past participleoppilated
pastoppilated
Adjective
comparativemore oppilate
superlativemost oppilate

Origin of oppilate

The adjective is inherited from Middle English oppilat(e), the verb directly borrowed from Latin oppīlātus, perfect passive participle of oppīlō, see see -ate (verb-forming suffix), -ate (adjective-forming suffix).

Words formed from oppilate

Questions about oppilate

What does oppilate mean?
Oppilate means to block, to stop up, to obstruct.
What is oppilate in Tamil?
Oppilate in Tamil is வழியடை, துளை தூர்த்துவிடு. See Oppilate meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is oppilate?
Oppilate can be a verb or an adjective.
How do you pronounce oppilate?
Oppilate is pronounced /ˈɑː.pə.leɪt/ (US).
What is the past tense of oppilate?
The past tense of oppilate is oppilated.

Words near oppilate in the dictionary

  1. oppignorated
  2. oppignorates
  3. oppignorating
  4. oppignoration
  5. oppignorations
  6. oppilate
  7. oppilated
  8. oppilates
  9. oppilating
  10. oppilation
  11. oppilations

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Adapted from Wiktionary: oppilate (page history and authors); oppilate (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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