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refudiates

refudiates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of refudiate.

Meaning of refudiate

Verb

refudiate (third-person singular simple present refudiates, present participle refudiating, simple past and past participle refudiated)

  1. (nonstandard) To repudiate, to oppose.
    • Blends are the simplest kind of slip of the tongue […] some examples […] "refudiating" (refuting + repudiating).1951, Rulon Wells, "Predicting Slips of the Tongue"; reprinted in Victoria Fromkin (editor), Speech Errors as Linguistic Evidence, 1973, Walter de Gruyter, page 85

Questions about refudiates

What is refudiates the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Refudiates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of refudiate.

Words near refudiates in the dictionary

  1. Refucklican
  2. Refucklicans
  3. refucks
  4. refudiate
  5. refudiated
  6. refudiates
  7. refudiating
  8. refuel
  9. refuelable
  10. refueled
  11. refueler

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