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vocates

vocates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of vocate.

Meaning of vocate

Verb

vocate (third-person singular simple present vocates, present participle vocating, simple past and past participle vocated)

  1. (obsolete) To appoint to a religious office.
    • That if Mr. Henop, your present minister, should approve of the aforesaid vocation, your congregation be at perfect liberty to vocate any minister who is a member of the synod; as likewise the minister, being thus vocated, is authorised to accept the vocation.1818, Thomas Harris (Jr.), John McHenry, Maryland Reports

Questions about vocates

What is vocates the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Vocates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of vocate.

Words near vocates in the dictionary

  1. vocamine
  2. vocant
  3. vocants
  4. vocate
  5. vocated
  6. vocates
  7. vocating
  8. vocation
  9. vocational
  10. vocational education
  11. vocational educations

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Adapted from Wiktionary: vocates (page history and authors); vocate (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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