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pupate

pupate verb: to become a pupa.

Verb

pupate (third-person singular simple present pupates, present participle pupating, simple past and past participle pupated)

  1. To become a pupa.
    • But first. Attend me, as I pupate!2026 March 6, Jesse Andrews, directed by Daniel Chong, Hoppers (motion picture), spoken by Titus (Eman Abdul-Razzak)

Forms of pupate

third-person singular presentpupates
present participlepupating
past participlepupated
pastpupated

Origin of pupate

From pupa + -ate (verb-forming suffix).

Questions about pupate

What does pupate mean?
Pupate means to become a pupa.
What part of speech is pupate?
Pupate is a verb.
What is the past tense of pupate?
The past tense of pupate is pupated.

Words near pupate in the dictionary

  1. pupariated
  2. pupariates
  3. pupariation
  4. puparium
  5. pupas
  6. pupate
  7. pupated
  8. pupates
  9. pupating
  10. pupation
  11. pupations

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