pregravate
pregravate verb: to bear down; to depress.
Verb
pregravate (third-person singular simple present pregravates, present participle pregravating, simple past and past participle pregravated)
- To bear down; to depress.
- The clog that the body brings with it cannot but pregravate and trouble the soul in all her performances1651 (indicated as 1652), Joseph Hall, “The Invisible World Discovered to Spiritual Eyes, and Reduced to Useful Meditation. […]”, in Josiah Pratt, editor, The Works of the Right Reverend Father in...
- The clear s Vision of God, which they say is, tota merces, beholding him s face to face, namely, so far as a finite Being (for so our Humane Nature continues still, though glorified) may be capable to apprehend of that Majesty, which is Infinite, in this advanced condition, the Soul (which is here...1672, “The Crown of Righteousness”, in Θρηνοι̂κος: the House of Mourning, page 603
Forms of pregravate
| third-person singular present | pregravates |
|---|---|
| present participle | pregravating |
| past participle | pregravated |
| past | pregravated |
Origin of pregravate
From Latin praegravatus, past participle of praegravare (“to be heavy upon”), from praegravis (“very heavy”).
Questions about pregravate
- What does pregravate mean?
- Pregravate means to bear down; to depress.
- What part of speech is pregravate?
- Pregravate is a verb.
- What is the past tense of pregravate?
- The past tense of pregravate is pregravated.
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