Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to militate
Participle: militated
Gerund: militating
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | militate |
| you | militate |
| he;she;it | militates |
| we | militate |
| you | militate |
| they | militate |
Perfect
| I | have militated |
| you | have militated |
| he;she;it | has militated |
| we | have militated |
| you | have militated |
| they | have militated |
Past
| I | militated |
| you | militated |
| he;she;it | militated |
| we | militated |
| you | militated |
| they | militated |
Pluperfect
| I | had militated |
| you | had militated |
| he;she;it | had militated |
| we | had militated |
| you | had militated |
| they | had militated |
Future
| I | will militate |
| you | will militate |
| he;she;it | will militate |
| we | will militate |
| you | will militate |
| they | will militate |
Future Perfect
| I | will have militated |
| you | will have militated |
| he;she;it | will have militated |
| we | will have militated |
| you | will have militated |
| they | will have militated |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | militate |
| you | militate |
| he;she;it | militate |
| we | militate |
| you | militate |
| they | militate |
Perfect
| I | have militated |
| you | have militated |
| he;she;it | have militated |
| we | have militated |
| you | have militated |
| they | have militated |
Imperfect
| I | militated |
| you | militated |
| he;she;it | militated |
| we | militated |
| you | militated |
| they | militated |
Pluperfect
| I | had militated |
| you | had militated |
| he;she;it | had militated |
| we | had militated |
| you | had militated |
| they | had militated |
Conditional
Present
| I | would militate |
| you | would militate |
| he;she;it | would militate |
| we | would militate |
| you | would militate |
| they | would militate |
Perfect
| I | would have militated |
| you | would have militated |
| he;she;it | would have militated |
| we | would have militated |
| you | would have militated |
| they | would have militated |
Imperative
| you | militate |
| we | Let's militate |
| you | militate |
Verbs conjugated like 'militate'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'militate'
militiate,
digitate,
dilatate,
filiate,
imitate,
meditate,
miniate,
misstate,
mitigate,
volitate,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. 1625, "to serve as a soldier," from L.
militatum, pp. of
militare "serve as a soldier," from
miles "soldier" (see military). Sense developed via "conflict with," to "be evidence" (for or against), 1642.
2. First attested in 1598; borrowed from Latin mīlitātus, perfect passive participle from mīlitō, see -ate (verb-forming suffix). Semantically from its cognate, French militer. See: French '
militer'.
Verbs referencing "militate"
Esperanto
militi.
Sample Sentences
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to militate in favor of a particular result
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to militate against the possibility of his election
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The 8-ft. singles were pre-eminently express engines, and were not satisfactory on secondary duties where frequent stops were called for, which militated against their being retained in service. [1944 January and February, W. J. Reynolds, “Locomotive No. 1007 of the Great Northern Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 7:]
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It has been at least an academic tradition, if no more, that mathematical studies militate against amatory inclinations. [1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 149:]
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There are no missing values for burglary victimization in the data, whereas there are ten missing values for robbery―and as many for physical assault. This fact would militate in favor of using burglary as the independent variable. [2001, Bernard E. Harcourt, chapter 3, in Illusion of Order:]
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There are a number of theoretical concerns which might seem to militate against the successful creation of a dictionary of Indian English. [2012, James Lambert, “Beyond Hobson-Jobson: A new lexicography for Indian English”, in World Englishes, page 308:]
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This..moues many Italian Caualiers to militate in the warres of Holland. [1625, Nathanael Brent, Free Schoole of Warre:]