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)

  1. (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

References

Italian

Verb

militiate

  1. second-person plural present subjunctive of militare

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