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postillate

postillate verb: to write (postils or similar); to comment.

Verb

postillate (third-person singular simple present postillates, present participle postillating, simple past and past participle postillated)

  1. To write (postils or similar); to comment.
    • the collection of newspapers and tracts of the period, which belonged to George III , and in a few instances are postillated by his own hand1836, Charles Macfarlane, The Book of Table Talk
    • postillated verses
    Synonyms:
    postil
  2. (archaic) To preach by expounding Scripture verse by verse, in regular order.

Synonyms of postillate

Forms of postillate

third-person singular presentpostillates
present participlepostillating
past participlepostillated
pastpostillated

Origin of postillate

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

Questions about postillate

What does postillate mean?
Postillate means to write (postils or similar); to comment.
What part of speech is postillate?
Postillate is a verb.
What is the past tense of postillate?
The past tense of postillate is postillated.

Words near postillate in the dictionary

  1. postilion sentences
  2. postilioned
  3. postilions
  4. postilla
  5. postillas
  6. postillate
  7. postillated
  8. postillates
  9. postillating
  10. postillation
  11. postillations

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