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perendinate

perendinate verb: to procrastinate for a long time, especially two days.

Verb

perendinate (third-person singular simple present perendinates, present participle perendinating, simple past and past participle perendinated)

  1. (formal, intransitive, rare) To procrastinate for a long time, especially two days.
  2. (formal, intransitive, rare) To remain at college for an unusually long time.
    • In Peterhouse the Master and Fellows might not allow a stranger to perendinate for more than a fortnight unless they were certified of his moral character and of his ability and willingness to do the College some notable service […]1906, Thomas Alfred Walker, Peterhouse, page 53

Synonyms of perendinate

Forms of perendinate

third-person singular presentperendinates
present participleperendinating
past participleperendinated
pastperendinated

Origin of perendinate

From Latin perendinare (“to defer until the day after tomorrow”), from Latin perendie (“on the day after tomorrow”), from dies (“day”).

Questions about perendinate

What does perendinate mean?
Perendinate means to procrastinate for a long time, especially two days.
What part of speech is perendinate?
Perendinate is a verb.
What is the past tense of perendinate?
The past tense of perendinate is perendinated.

Words near perendinate in the dictionary

  1. peremptory challenges
  2. perempts
  3. Peremyshliany
  4. Peren
  5. perenchyma
  6. perendinate
  7. perendinated
  8. perendinates
  9. perendinating
  10. Perenjori
  11. perennate

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