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militate


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Militate  \Mil"i*tate\,  v.  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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  militate 
  v  :  have  force  or  influence;  bring  about  an  effect  or  change; 
  "Politeness  militated  against  this  opinion  being 
  expressed" 




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