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prolates

prolates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of prolate.

Meaning of prolate

Verb

prolate (third-person singular simple present prolates, present participle prolating, simple past and past participle prolated)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To utter; to pronounce.
    • Prolate it right.1629 (first performance), B[en] Jonson, The New Inne. Or, The Light Heart. […], London: […] Thomas Harper, for Thomas Alchorne, […], published 1631, →OCLC, (please specify the page), (please specify...

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What is prolates the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Prolates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of prolate.

Words near prolates in the dictionary

  1. prolated
  2. prolately
  3. prolateness
  4. prolateral
  5. prolaterally
  6. prolates
  7. prolaticity
  8. prolating
  9. prolation
  10. prolations
  11. prolative

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