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Webster 1913 Edition

Militate

Mil′i-tate

,
Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Militated
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Militating
.]
[L.
militare
,
militatum
, to be a soldier, fr.
miles
,
militis
, soldier.]
To make war; to fight; to contend; – usually followed by against and with.
These are great questions, where great names
militate
against each other.
Burke.
The invisible powers of heaven seemed to
militate
on the side of the pious emperor.
Gibbon.

Webster 1828 Edition

Militate

MIL'ITATE

,
Verb.
I.
[L. milito.] To militate against, is to oppose; to be or to act in opposition.
Paley writes, to militate with; but in America, against is generally used.

Definition 2024

militate

militate

English

Verb

militate ‎(third-person singular simple present militates, present participle militating, simple past and past participle militated)

  1. To give force or effect toward; to influence.
    To militate in favor of a particular result.
    To militate against the possibility of his election.
  2. (obsolete) To fight.

Translations

Esperanto

Adverb

militate

  1. present adverbial passive participle of militi

Italian

Verb

militate

  1. second-person plural present indicative of militare
  2. second-person plural imperative of militare
  3. feminine plural of militato

Anagrams

Latin

Participle

mīlitāte

  1. vocative masculine singular of mīlitātus

Etymology

From Latin mīlitātus, from mīlitō. Originally meant "be a soldier; fight".

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