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retractates

retractates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of retractate.

Meaning of retractate

Verb

retractate (third-person singular simple present retractates, present participle retractating, simple past and past participle retractated)

  1. (obsolete) To retract; to recant.
    • St. Augustines authoritie you let slip denying him a fit Maister to follow, you say he might retractate this, but neither you doe nor can show that he did retractate it.1615, John Ainsworth (Prisoner in Newgate.), The Trying Out of the Truth, page 112

Questions about retractates

What is retractates the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Retractates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of retractate.

Words near retractates in the dictionary

  1. retractable rooftops
  2. retractables
  3. retractably
  4. retractate
  5. retractated
  6. retractates
  7. retractating
  8. retractation
  9. retractations
  10. retracted
  11. retracted tongue root

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