-itate

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-itate

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From Latin -itāt-, past participial stem of -itō. On the model of e.g. Classical Latin nōbilitō and found in borrowings e.g. premeditate, debilitate, agitate.

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morpheme, rare Forming verbs, typically implying intense or repetitive activity. [A]fter that the land doth trent Westward, as may be suspected by the want of ice, that the land, being farre remote to the North or West, the Sea doth keepe it selfe from frigitating by its continuall chafing and adjectating, as we see by the iles of Farre, Shetland, and Orkney, standing in and nee

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"-itate." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/-itate. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

-itate. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/-itate

Chicago

"-itate." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/-itate.

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@misc{itate_2026,
  title = {-itate},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/-itate},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}