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propinquate

propinquate verb: to approach (to or towards); to come near.

Verb

propinquate (third-person singular simple present propinquates, present participle propinquating, simple past and past participle propinquated)

  1. (archaic, formal, intransitive) To approach (to or towards); to come near.

Forms of propinquate

third-person singular presentpropinquates
present participlepropinquating
past participlepropinquated
pastpropinquated

Questions about propinquate

What does propinquate mean?
Propinquate means to approach (to or towards); to come near.
What part of speech is propinquate?
Propinquate is a verb.
What is the past tense of propinquate?
The past tense of propinquate is propinquated.

Words near propinquate in the dictionary

  1. propining
  2. propink
  3. propinked
  4. propinking
  5. propinks
  6. propinquate
  7. propinquated
  8. propinquates
  9. propinquating
  10. propinquative
  11. propinque

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