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suscitate

/ˈsʌsɪˌteɪt/

suscitate verb: to rouse; to excite; to call into life and action.

Verb

suscitate (third-person singular simple present suscitates, present participle suscitating, simple past and past participle suscitated)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To rouse; to excite; to call into life and action.

Synonyms of suscitate

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Forms of suscitate

third-person singular presentsuscitates
present participlesuscitating
past participlesuscitated
pastsuscitated

Origin of suscitate

From Latin suscitatus, past participle of suscitare (“to lift up, to rouse”), from sub- + citare (“to rouse, excite”). Compare excite, incite, and resuscitate.

Words formed from suscitate

Questions about suscitate

What does suscitate mean?
Suscitate means to rouse; to excite; to call into life and action.
What part of speech is suscitate?
Suscitate is a verb.
How do you pronounce suscitate?
Suscitate is pronounced /ˈsʌsɪˌteɪt/.
What is the past tense of suscitate?
The past tense of suscitate is suscitated.

Words near suscitate in the dictionary

  1. susceptors
  2. suscepts
  3. suscipient
  4. suscipients
  5. suscitability
  6. suscitate
  7. suscitated
  8. suscitates
  9. suscitating
  10. suscitation
  11. suscitations

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