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verminate

verminate verb: to breed vermin.

Verb

verminate (third-person singular simple present verminates, present participle verminating, simple past and past participle verminated)

  1. (intransitive) To breed vermin.
    • That old dog just doesn't do much anymore; he mostly masticates and verminates.

Forms of verminate

third-person singular presentverminates
present participleverminating
past participleverminated
pastverminated

Origin of verminate

From the Latin verminare (“to have worms”), from vermis (“worm”).

Questions about verminate

What does verminate mean?
Verminate means to breed vermin.
What part of speech is verminate?
Verminate is a verb.
What is the past tense of verminate?
The past tense of verminate is verminated.

Words near verminate in the dictionary

  1. vermily
  2. Vermilyea
  3. Vermilyeas
  4. vermimetry
  5. vermin
  6. verminate
  7. verminated
  8. verminates
  9. verminating
  10. vermination
  11. verminations

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