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provinciates

provinciates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of provinciate.

Meaning of provinciate

Verb

provinciate (third-person singular simple present provinciates, present participle provinciating, simple past and past participle provinciated)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To convert into a province or provinces.
    • a Designe to Provinciate the whole Kingdom1640, I. H. [i.e., James Howell], ΔΕΝΔΡΟΛΟΓΊΑ [DENDROLOGIA]. Dodona’s Grove, or, The Vocall Forrest, London: […] T[homas] B[adger] for H. Mosley [i.e., Humphrey Moseley] […], →OCLC

Questions about provinciates

What is provinciates the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Provinciates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of provinciate.

Words near provinciates in the dictionary

  1. provincializing
  2. provincially
  3. provincials
  4. provinciate
  5. provinciated
  6. provinciates
  7. provinciating
  8. provine
  9. provined
  10. provines
  11. proving

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