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verbate

verbate verb: to transcribe or repeat verbatim.

Verb

verbate (third-person singular simple present verbates, present participle verbating, simple past and past participle verbated)

  1. To transcribe or repeat verbatim.
    • I have al onely verbated and folowed mine auctour as nyghe as I coulde with the profoundite of good herte, and where as oni faute bi me or wrong Impression be found intelligibly after their science to correct and amend in pardoning al ygnoraunce.1512(?), Helyas, in 1827, Robert Copland, The History of Helyas: Knight of the Swan, page 2

Forms of verbate

third-person singular presentverbates
present participleverbating
past participleverbated
pastverbated

Origin of verbate

Back-formation from verbatim. Equivalent to verb + -ate (verb-forming suffix).

Questions about verbate

What does verbate mean?
Verbate means to transcribe or repeat verbatim.
What part of speech is verbate?
Verbate is a verb.
What is the past tense of verbate?
The past tense of verbate is verbated.

Words near verbate in the dictionary

  1. verbascose
  2. verbascoside
  3. verbascosides
  4. verbascum
  5. verbascums
  6. verbate
  7. verbated
  8. verbates
  9. verbatim
  10. verbatim et literatim
  11. verbatimness

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