perturbate

English

Etymology

From Latin perturbātus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɜː(ɹ)tə(ɹ)beɪt/

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Verb

perturbate (third-person singular simple present perturbates, present participle perturbating, simple past and past participle perturbated)

1. (transitive, dated) To perturb.
   • 1659, Henry More, The Immortality of the Soul, so Farre Forth as It is Demonstrable from the Knowledge of Nature and the Light of Reason, London: […] J[ames] Flesher, for William Morden […], →OCLC:

     force her blisse to perturbate

Derived terms

• perturbation

Anagrams

• butter pear

Ido

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /perturˈbate/

Verb

perturbate

1. adverbial present passive participle of perturbar

Italian

Etymology 1

Verb

perturbate

1. inflection of perturbare:
   1. second-person plural present indicative
   2. second-person plural imperative

Etymology 2

Participle

perturbate f pl

1. feminine plural of perturbato

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /per.turˈbaː.te/, [pɛrt̪ʊrˈbäːt̪ɛ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /per.turˈba.te/, [pert̪urˈbäːt̪e]

Verb

perturbāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of perturbō

References

• “perturbate”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “perturbate”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• perturbate in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Spanish

Verb

perturbate

1. second-person singular voseo imperative of perturbar combined with te