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respuates

respuates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of respuate.

Meaning of respuate

Verb

respuate (third-person singular simple present respuates, present participle respuating, simple past and past participle respuated)

  1. (obsolete, rare) To refuse or reject.
    • […] for, although, I be quinquagenarius, or fifty years of age, yet what Virgin in Florence will respuat me when I abound in riches, […]1663, William Clark (advocate), “Scaena Septima”, in William H. Logan, editor, Marciano; or, the Discovery. A Tragi-Comedy., Edinburgh: Reprinted for Private Circulation, published 1871, page 38

Questions about respuates

What is respuates the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Respuates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of respuate.

Words near respuates in the dictionary

  1. resprouts
  2. resprung
  3. resps
  4. respuate
  5. respuated
  6. respuates
  7. respuating
  8. respue
  9. respued
  10. respues
  11. respuing

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