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perturbate

/ˈpɜː(ɹ)tə(ɹ)beɪt/

perturbate verb: to perturb.

Verb

perturbate (third-person singular simple present perturbates, present participle perturbating, simple past and past participle perturbated)

  1. (dated, transitive) To perturb.
    • force her blisse to perturbate1659, Henry More, The Immortality of the Soul, so Farre Forth as It is Demonstrable from the Knowledge of Nature and the Light of Reason, London: […] J[ames] Flesher, for William Morden […], →OCLC

Forms of perturbate

third-person singular presentperturbates
present participleperturbating
past participleperturbated
pastperturbated

Origin of perturbate

From Latin perturbātus.

Words formed from perturbate

Questions about perturbate

What does perturbate mean?
Perturbate means to perturb.
What part of speech is perturbate?
Perturbate is a verb.
How do you pronounce perturbate?
Perturbate is pronounced /ˈpɜː(ɹ)tə(ɹ)beɪt/.
What is the past tense of perturbate?
The past tense of perturbate is perturbated.

Words near perturbate in the dictionary

  1. perturbances
  2. perturbancies
  3. perturbancy
  4. perturbant
  5. perturbants
  6. perturbate
  7. perturbated
  8. perturbates
  9. perturbating
  10. perturbation
  11. perturbation theory

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