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septimates

septimates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of septimate.

septimates is the plural of septimate.

Meaning of septimate

Verb

septimate (third-person singular simple present septimates, present participle septimating, simple past and past participle septimated)

  1. (transitive) Submit (someone or something) to septimation; reduce by one seventh.
    • We may ſay, without the leaſt hyperbole, nature ſeptimates; art centeſimates us.1755, The Monthly Review, or, Literary Journal, XIII, page 141

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Questions about septimates

What is septimates the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Septimates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of septimate.

Words near septimates in the dictionary

  1. septimal
  2. septimanal
  3. Septimania
  4. septimate
  5. septimated
  6. septimates
  7. septimating
  8. septimation
  9. septimations
  10. septime
  11. septimic

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