militate

English

Etymology

From Latin mīlitātus, from mīlitō. Originally meant "to be a soldier; to fight".

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɪlɪteɪt/

Verb

militate (third-person singular simple present militates, present participle militating, simple past and past participle militated)

1. To give force or effect toward; to influence.

   to militate in favor of a particular result

   to militate against the possibility of his election

   • 2012, James Lambert, “Beyond Hobson-Jobson: A new lexicography for Indian English”, in World Englishes‎^[1], page 308:

     There are a number of theoretical concerns which might seem to militate against the successful creation of a dictionary of Indian English.

2. (obsolete) To fight.

Translations

to influence

• Bulgarian: преча (bg) (preča), препятствам (bg) (prepjatstvam)
• French: militer (fr)
• Greek: στρατεύομαι (el) (stratévomai), αντιστρατεύομαι (el) (antistratévomai)
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• Russian: спосо́бствовать (ru) impf (sposóbstvovatʹ) (in favor), препя́тствовать (ru) impf (prepjátstvovatʹ) (against), быть поме́хой impf (bytʹ poméxoj) (against), меша́ть (ru) impf (mešátʹ) (against)

Anagrams

• limitate

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Esperanto

Adverb

militate

1. present adverbial passive participle of militi

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Italian

Etymology 1

Verb

militate

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

Etymology 2

Participle

militate f pl

1. feminine plural of militato

Anagrams

• limitate, metilati

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Latin

Participle

(deprecated template usage) mīlitāte

1. vocative masculine singular of mīlitātus