militiate
English
Etymology
From militia + -ate (verb-forming suffix).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mɪˈlɪʃieɪt/
Verb
militiate (third-person singular simple present militiates, present participle militiating, simple past and past participle militiated)
- (obsolete, ambitransitive) To raise a militia; to wage, or prepare for, war. [1642–1759]
- November 16 1759, Horace Walpole, letter to Sir Horace Mann
- We continue to militiate , and to raise light troops , and when we have armed every apprentice in England , I suppose we shall translate our fears to Germany
- November 16 1759, Horace Walpole, letter to Sir Horace Mann
References
- “militiate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Italian
Verb
militiate
- second-person plural present subjunctive of militare