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vesuviate

vesuviate verb: to burst forth like an eruption.

Verb

vesuviate (third-person singular simple present vesuviates, present participle vesuviating, simple past and past participle vesuviated)

  1. (rare) To burst forth like an eruption.

Forms of vesuviate

third-person singular presentvesuviates
present participlevesuviating
past participlevesuviated
pastvesuviated

Origin of vesuviate

From Vesuvius, the name of a volcano.

Questions about vesuviate

What does vesuviate mean?
Vesuviate means to burst forth like an eruption.
What part of speech is vesuviate?
Vesuviate is a verb.
What is the past tense of vesuviate?
The past tense of vesuviate is vesuviated.

Words near vesuviate in the dictionary

  1. Vesuvian jade
  2. vesuvianite
  3. vesuvianite jade
  4. vesuvianites
  5. Vesuvians
  6. vesuviate
  7. vesuviated
  8. vesuviates
  9. vesuviating
  10. vesuvin
  11. vesuvine

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