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militate

[ mil-i-teyt ]

verb (used without object)

militated, militating.
  1. to have a substantial effect; weigh heavily:

    His prison record militated against him.

  2. Obsolete.
    1. to be a soldier.
    2. to fight for a belief.


militate

/ 藞尘瑟濒瑟藢迟别瑟迟 /

verb

  1. intr; usually foll by against or for (of facts, actions, etc) to have influence or effect

    the evidence militated against his release

鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • 藢尘颈濒颈藞迟补迟颈辞苍, noun
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 尘颈濒顎卛路迟补顎僼颈辞苍 noun
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of militate1

First recorded in 1615鈥25; from Latin 尘墨濒颈迟腻迟耻蝉 (past participle of 尘墨濒颈迟腻谤别 鈥渢o serve as a soldier鈥), equivalent to 尘墨濒颈迟- (stem of 尘墨濒别蝉 ) 鈥渟oldier鈥 + -腻迟耻蝉 verb suffix; -ate 1
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of militate1

C17: from Latin 尘墨濒颈迟腻迟耻蝉, from 尘墨濒颈迟腻谤别 to be a soldier
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Though they recognized the antebellum nation as configured in such a way that militated against their social advancement, Hosea Easton, for example, claimed that Black people were 鈥渃onstitutionally Americans.鈥

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He said it had been made because he had been "effective in exposing the complainant's weakness as a minister and exposing problems with her own record, which might militate against her being accorded a peerage".

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The same issue will apply to Taiwan and other flashpoints: Even where strategic ambitions militate for war, the pain of every casualty will be dramatically compounded.

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"And it's ridiculous that he wants to call E. Jean a liar when the facts militate toward the truth, which is what she said happened."

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While Netanyahu has said he will have final say on policy, his government's commitment to expand West Bank settlements and the inclusion of ultra-nationalists in his cabinet militates against any compromise with Palestinians.

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