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sanitate

sanitate verb: to sanitize.

Verb

sanitate (third-person singular simple present sanitates, present participle sanitating, simple past and past participle sanitated)

  1. To sanitize.
    • Nor am I prepared to accept the verdict of the medical gentlemen who would compulsorily sanitate and register Mrs Warren, whilst leaving Mrs Warren's patrons, especially her military patrons, free to destroy her health and anybody else's without fear of reprisals.1893, George Bernard Shaw, Mrs. Warren's Profession

Forms of sanitate

third-person singular presentsanitates
present participlesanitating
past participlesanitated
pastsanitated

Origin of sanitate

From Latin sanitas (“health, propriety”), from sanus (“healthy, rational, chaste”).

Questions about sanitate

What does sanitate mean?
Sanitate means to sanitize.
What part of speech is sanitate?
Sanitate is a verb.
What is the past tense of sanitate?
The past tense of sanitate is sanitated.

Words near sanitate in the dictionary

  1. sanitary ware
  2. sanitary wares
  3. sanitaryware
  4. sanitarywares
  5. Sanitas
  6. sanitate
  7. sanitated
  8. sanitates
  9. sanitating
  10. sanitation
  11. sanitation engineer

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