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MILITATE
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they militate ... he / she / it militates
Past simple: militated
Past participle: militated
-ing form: militating
Sense 1
Meaning:
Have force or influence; bring about an effect or change
Example:
Politeness militated against this opinion being expressed
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Hypernyms (to "militate" is one way to...):
act upon; influence; work (have and exert influence or effect)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
