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tumultuate

/təˈmʌltju.eɪt/

tumultuate verb: to make a tumult.

Verb

tumultuate (third-person singular simple present tumultuates, present participle tumultuating, simple past and past participle tumultuated)

  1. (obsolete) To make a tumult.
    • He will murmur and tumultuate.1692–1717, Robert South, Twelve Sermons Preached upon Several Occasions, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London

Forms of tumultuate

third-person singular presenttumultuates
present participletumultuating
past participletumultuated
pasttumultuated

Origin of tumultuate

From Latin tumultuātus, past participle of tumultuor (“make a tumult”).

Questions about tumultuate

What does tumultuate mean?
Tumultuate means to make a tumult.
What part of speech is tumultuate?
Tumultuate is a verb.
How do you pronounce tumultuate?
Tumultuate is pronounced /təˈmʌltju.eɪt/.
What is the past tense of tumultuate?
The past tense of tumultuate is tumultuated.

Words near tumultuate in the dictionary

  1. tumulting
  2. tumults
  3. tumultuarily
  4. tumultuariness
  5. tumultuary
  6. tumultuate
  7. tumultuated
  8. tumultuates
  9. tumultuating
  10. tumultuation
  11. tumultuations

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