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MILITATE

Pronunciation (US):

• MILITATE (verb)
The verb MILITATE has 1 sense:

1. have force or influence; bring about an effect or change

Familiarity information: MILITATE used as a verb is very rare.

• MILITATE (verb)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Have force or influence; bring about an effect or change

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Context example:

Politeness militated against this opinion being expressed

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

"Keep no more cats than catch mice."
(English proverb)
"The chicken that cries at night will not lay eggs in the morning."
(Albanian proverb)
"Do not buy either the moon or the news, for in the end they will both come out."
(Arabic proverb)
"Homes among homes and grapevines among grapevines."
(Corsican proverb)

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