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tumulates

tumulates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of tumulate.

Meaning of tumulate

Verb

tumulate (third-person singular simple present tumulates, present participle tumulating, simple past and past participle tumulated)

  1. (archaic, transitive) To swell.
    • But when he considers the instruments , his heart begins to rise , and his paſſions to tumulate and ferment into a storm1675, John Wilkins, Of the Principle and Duties of Natural Religion
  2. (transitive) To cover (a corpse, etc.) with a mound or tomb; to bury.

Questions about tumulates

What is tumulates the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Tumulates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of tumulate.

Words near tumulates in the dictionary

  1. tumtums
  2. tumular
  3. tumulary
  4. tumulate
  5. tumulated
  6. tumulates
  7. tumulating
  8. tumulation
  9. tumulations
  10. tumuli
  11. tumulose

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