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villicates

villicates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of villicate.

Meaning of villicate

Verb

villicate (third-person singular simple present villicates, present participle villicating, simple past and past participle villicated)

  1. (obsolete) To do damage (to).
    • But our Baths now inflame, villicate and distress ; and the Air which we draw, is a Mixture of Air and Water, disturbs the whole Body, tosses and displaces every Atom, till we quench the fiery Particles, and allay their Heat.1684–1685, Plutarch, translated by Matthew Morgan et al., Plutarch's Morals - Volume 3, John Gellibrand, translation of original in Ancient Greek, page 460

Questions about villicates

What is villicates the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Villicates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of villicate.

Words near villicates in the dictionary

  1. villiaumite
  2. Villicana
  3. Villicanas
  4. villicate
  5. villicated
  6. villicates
  7. villicating
  8. Villiers
  9. Villiers-le-Bel
  10. villiferous
  11. villified

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