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postillated

postillated is the simple past and past participle of postillate.

Meaning of postillate

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
    Synonyms:
    postil
  2. (archaic) To preach by expounding Scripture verse by verse, in regular order.

Questions about postillated

What is postillated the simple past and past participle of?
Postillated is the simple past and past participle of postillate.

Words near postillated in the dictionary

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

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