nutate

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English

Etymology

Back-formation from nutation (1610s), from Latin nūtātiō (“nodding”), from nūtō (“I nod”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *neu-. Compare mutate.

Pronunciation

Verb

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  1. (intransitive) To rock or sway involuntarily.
  2. (intransitive, engineering) To wobble; to make a circular rocking motion.

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Anagrams

Interlingua

Participle

nutate

  1. past participle of nutar

Latin

Participle

(deprecated template usage) nūtāte

  1. vocative masculine singular of nūtātus
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