Militate (original) (raw)

Pronunciation (US):		(GB):

I. (verb)

Verb forms

Present simple: I / you / we / they militate ... he / she / it militates

Past simple: militated

Past participle: militated

-ing form: militating

Sense 1

Meaning:

Have force or influence; bring about an effect or change

Example:

Politeness militated against this opinion being expressed

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Hypernyms (to "militate" is one way to...):

act upon; influence; work (have and exert influence or effect)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

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