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periclitates

periclitates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of periclitate.

Meaning of periclitate

Verb

periclitate (third-person singular simple present periclitates, present participle periclitating, simple past and past participle periclitated)

  1. (obsolete) To endanger.
    • And why so many grains of calomel? santa Maria! and such a dose of opium! periclitating, pardi! the whole family of ye, from head to tail.1765, Laurence Sterne, The Life & Opinions of Tristram Shandy, volume 8, Penguin, published 2003, page 491

Questions about periclitates

What is periclitates the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Periclitates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of periclitate.

Words near periclitates in the dictionary

  1. periclines
  2. periclinia
  3. periclinium
  4. periclitate
  5. periclitated
  6. periclitates
  7. periclitating
  8. periclitation
  9. periclitations
  10. pericloacal
  11. periclot

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