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suaviate

suaviate verb: to kiss.

Verb

suaviate (third-person singular simple present suaviates, present participle suaviating, simple past and past participle suaviated)

  1. (obsolete) To kiss.
    • And now, what joy will there be, to see them and suaviate them, for whose sake he shed his most precious blood; through which they may safely sail into the bosom of the Father!1650, John Trapp, A Clavis to the Bible

Forms of suaviate

third-person singular presentsuaviates
present participlesuaviating
past participlesuaviated
pastsuaviated

Origin of suaviate

From Latin suavior (“to kiss”).

Questions about suaviate

What does suaviate mean?
Suaviate means to kiss.
What part of speech is suaviate?
Suaviate is a verb.
What is the past tense of suaviate?
The past tense of suaviate is suaviated.

Words near suaviate in the dictionary

  1. suaveness
  2. suaveolent
  3. suaver
  4. suaves
  5. suavest
  6. suaviate
  7. suaviated
  8. suaviates
  9. suaviating
  10. suaviation
  11. suavified

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