interminate

English

Etymology 1

in- +‎ terminate

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): /ɪnˈtɜː(ɹ)mɪnət/

Adjective

interminate (comparative more interminate, superlative most interminate)

1. Without end or limit; boundless, infinite, interminable.

   Synonym: interminated

   • 1614–1615, Homer, “The Seventh Booke of Homers Odysses”, in Geo[rge] Chapman, transl., Homer’s Odysses. […], London: […] Rich[ard] Field [and William Jaggard], for Nathaniell Butter, published 1615, →OCLC, page 165:

     Within a thicket I reposed; when round / I ruffled up fall'n leaves in heap; and found, / Let fall from heaven, a sleep interminate.

Translations

interminable — see interminable

Etymology 2

Latin interminatus, past participle of interminari.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪnˈtɜː(ɹ)mɪneɪt/

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Verb

interminate (third-person singular simple present interminates, present participle interminating, simple past and past participle interminated)

1. (obsolete) To menace; to threaten.
   • Template:RQ:Joseph Hall The Mourner in Sion

     doleful accents of interminated judgments

Related terms

• minatory

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “interminate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

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Italian

Adjective

interminate

1. feminine plural of interminato

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Latin

Participle

(deprecated template usage) intermināte

1. vocative masculine singular of interminātus