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tossicate

tossicate verb: to upset, agitate, or disturb.

Verb

tossicate (third-person singular simple present tossicates, present participle tossicating, simple past and past participle tossicated)

  1. (obsolete) To upset, agitate, or disturb.
    • “Sit down on the bed, a lanman,” whispered the director to me; “ they won't disturb a lady, though they'd think little about tossicating the poor.”1834, The New Monthly Magazine, page 349
    • She'll tossicate yer brains in no time, and be as composed herself as a dove on her nest in a storm.1851, Mrs. S. C. Hall, Stories of the Irish Peasantry, page 35

Forms of tossicate

third-person singular presenttossicates
present participletossicating
past participletossicated
pasttossicated

Questions about tossicate

What does tossicate mean?
Tossicate means to upset, agitate, or disturb.
What part of speech is tossicate?
Tossicate is a verb.
What is the past tense of tossicate?
The past tense of tossicate is tossicated.

Words near tossicate in the dictionary

  1. tosses the pieman
  2. tosses together
  3. tosses up
  4. tossest
  5. tosseth
  6. tossicate
  7. tossicated
  8. tossicates
  9. tossicating
  10. Tosside
  11. tossily

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