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tribulate

tribulate verb: to trouble greatly; to afflict with tribulation.

Verb

tribulate (third-person singular simple present tribulates, present participle tribulating, simple past and past participle tribulated)

  1. (transitive) To trouble greatly; to afflict with tribulation.

Forms of tribulate

third-person singular presenttribulates
present participletribulating
past participletribulated
pasttribulated

Origin of tribulate

Back-formation from tribulation.

Questions about tribulate

What does tribulate mean?
Tribulate means to trouble greatly; to afflict with tribulation.
What part of speech is tribulate?
Tribulate is a verb.
What is the past tense of tribulate?
The past tense of tribulate is tribulated.

Words near tribulate in the dictionary

  1. tribs.
  2. tribual
  3. tribually
  4. tribufos
  5. tribular
  6. tribulate
  7. tribulated
  8. tribulates
  9. tribulating
  10. tribulation
  11. tribulations

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