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respirate

respirate verb: to give artificial respiration to.

Verb

respirate (third-person singular simple present respirates, present participle respirating, simple past and past participle respirated)

  1. (transitive) To give artificial respiration to

Forms of respirate

third-person singular presentrespirates
present participlerespirating
past participlerespirated
pastrespirated

Origin of respirate

Back-formation from respiration.

Words formed from respirate

Questions about respirate

What does respirate mean?
Respirate means to give artificial respiration to.
What part of speech is respirate?
Respirate is a verb.
What is the past tense of respirate?
The past tense of respirate is respirated.

Words near respirate in the dictionary

  1. respirability
  2. respirable
  3. respirableness
  4. respirasome
  5. respirasomes
  6. respirate
  7. respirated
  8. respirating
  9. respiration
  10. respirational
  11. respirations

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