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Definition of militate verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

militate

verb
 
/ˈmɪlɪteɪt/
 
/ˈmɪlɪteɪt/
Word Originlate 16th cent.: from Latin militat- ‘served as a soldier’, from the verb militare, from miles, milit- ‘soldier’.
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they militate
 
/ˈmɪlɪteɪt/
 
/ˈmɪlɪteɪt/
he / she / it militates
 
/ˈmɪlɪteɪts/
 
/ˈmɪlɪteɪts/
past simple militated
 
/ˈmɪlɪteɪtɪd/
 
/ˈmɪlɪteɪtɪd/
past participle militated
 
/ˈmɪlɪteɪtɪd/
 
/ˈmɪlɪteɪtɪd/
-ing form militating
 
/ˈmɪlɪteɪtɪŋ/
 
/ˈmɪlɪteɪtɪŋ/
Phrasal Verbs
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