| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Verb | 1. Of Militate.[Websters]
2. To have combated or struggled. [Eve - graph theoretic] 3. To have contended or warred. [Eve - graph theoretic] 4. To have battled or contested. [Eve - graph theoretic] 5. To have buffeted, barred or countered. [Eve - graph theoretic] 6. To have opposed or prevented. [Eve - graph theoretic] 7. To have hindered, balked, interrupted, hampered or clogged. [Eve - graph theoretic] 8. To have tussled, scrambled or scuffled. [Eve - graph theoretic] 9. To have obstructed or checked. [Eve - graph theoretic] 10. To have resisted, counteracted or reacted.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Past Tense | 1. Past tense conjugation of the verb militate.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Base (militate) | 1. Have force or influence; bring about an effect or change; "Politeness militated against this opinion being expressed".[Wordnet]. 2. To make war; to fight; to contend; -- usually followed by against and with.[Websters]. 3. Base verb from the following inflections: militating, militated, militates, militater, militaters, militatingly and militatedly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. | Top | |
Date "MILITATED" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1514. (references) |
Specialty Definition: militate
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | [Verb] 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.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
| Wiktionary | [Verb] To give force or effect toward; to influence. To militate in favor of a particular result. (references) | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | Top | ||
