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pertinate

pertinate adjective: pertinacious.

Adjective

pertinate (comparative more pertinate, superlative most pertinate)

  1. (obsolete) pertinacious

Forms of pertinate

comparativemore pertinate
superlativemost pertinate

Words formed from pertinate

Questions about pertinate

What does pertinate mean?
Pertinate means pertinacious.
What part of speech is pertinate?
Pertinate is an adjective.

Words near pertinate in the dictionary

  1. pertinaciousness
  2. pertinacities
  3. pertinacity
  4. pertinacy
  5. pertinant
  6. pertinate
  7. pertinately
  8. pertineer
  9. pertinence
  10. pertinences
  11. pertinencies

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