perturbate
English
Etymology
From Latin perturbātus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpɜː(ɹ)tə(ɹ)beɪt/
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Verb
perturbate (third-person singular simple present perturbates, present participle perturbating, simple past and past participle perturbated)
- (transitive, dated) To perturb.
- 1659, Henry More, The Immortality of the Soul, so Farre Forth as It is Demonstrable from the Knowledge of Nature and the Light of Reason, London: […] J[ames] Flesher, for William Morden […], →OCLC:
- force her blisse to perturbate
Derived terms
Anagrams
Ido
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /perturˈbate/
Italian
Verb
perturbate
- inflection of perturbare:
- second-person plural present indicative
- second-person plural imperative
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /per.turˈbaː.te/, [pɛrt̪ʊrˈbäːt̪ɛ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /per.turˈba.te/, [pert̪urˈbäːt̪e]
References
- “perturbate”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “perturbate”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- perturbate in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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