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peninsulate

peninsulate verb: to make into a peninsula; to surround almost entirely with water.

Verb

peninsulate (third-person singular simple present peninsulates, present participle peninsulating, simple past and past participle peninsulated)

  1. (transitive) To make into a peninsula; to surround almost entirely with water.

Forms of peninsulate

third-person singular presentpeninsulates
present participlepeninsulating
past participlepeninsulated
pastpeninsulated

Origin of peninsulate

From peninsula + -ate (verb-forming suffix).

Questions about peninsulate

What does peninsulate mean?
Peninsulate means to make into a peninsula; to surround almost entirely with water.
What part of speech is peninsulate?
Peninsulate is a verb.
What is the past tense of peninsulate?
The past tense of peninsulate is peninsulated.

Words near peninsulate in the dictionary

  1. peninsularities
  2. peninsularity
  3. peninsularly
  4. peninsulars
  5. peninsulas
  6. peninsulate
  7. peninsulated
  8. peninsulates
  9. peninsulating
  10. peninvariant
  11. peninvariants

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