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umbrate

umbrate verb: to shade; to shadow.

Verb

umbrate (third-person singular simple present umbrates, present participle umbrating, simple past and past participle umbrated)

  1. (obsolete, rare) To shade; to shadow.
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Forms of umbrate

third-person singular presentumbrates
present participleumbrating
past participleumbrated
pastumbrated

Origin of umbrate

Latin umbratus, past participle of umbrare (“to shade”), from umbra (“a shade”).

Questions about umbrate

What does umbrate mean?
Umbrate means to shade; to shadow.
What part of speech is umbrate?
Umbrate is a verb.
What is the past tense of umbrate?
The past tense of umbrate is umbrated.

Words near umbrate in the dictionary

  1. umbrally
  2. umbramancy
  3. umbraphile
  4. umbraphiles
  5. umbras
  6. umbrate
  7. umbrated
  8. umbrates
  9. umbratic
  10. umbratical
  11. umbraticolous

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