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unmagistrate

unmagistrate verb: to strip of the office or authority of magistrate.

Verb

unmagistrate (third-person singular simple present unmagistrates, present participle unmagistrating, simple past and past participle unmagistrated)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To strip of the office or authority of magistrate.
    • [the government] might, if they saw cause , take all power , authority , and the sword out of his hand , which in effect is to unmagistrate him1649, J[ohn] M[ilton], The Tenure of Kings and Magistrates: […], London: […] Matthew Simmons, […], published 1649 (2nd printing), →OCLC

Forms of unmagistrate

third-person singular presentunmagistrates
present participleunmagistrating
past participleunmagistrated
pastunmagistrated

Origin of unmagistrate

From un- + magistrate.

Questions about unmagistrate

What does unmagistrate mean?
Unmagistrate means to strip of the office or authority of magistrate.
What part of speech is unmagistrate?
Unmagistrate is a verb.
What is the past tense of unmagistrate?
The past tense of unmagistrate is unmagistrated.

Words near unmagistrate in the dictionary

  1. unmagic
  2. unmagical
  3. unmagically
  4. unmagicked
  5. unmagisterial
  6. unmagistrate
  7. unmagistrated
  8. unmagistrates
  9. unmagistrating
  10. unmagnanimous
  11. unmagnanimously

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