declinate

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English

Etymology

Latin dēclīnātus, past participle of dēclīnō (I decline).

Pronunciation

  • (adjective) IPA(key): /ˈdɛklɪnət/
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  • (verb) IPA(key): /ˈdɛklɪneɪt/
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Adjective

declinate (comparative more declinate, superlative most declinate)

  1. Bent downward or aside.
  2. (botany) Bending downward in a curve; declined.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for declinate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Verb

declinate (third-person singular simple present declinates, present participle declinating, simple past and past participle declinated)

  1. (grammar) Synonym of decline

Italian

Etymology 1

Verb

declinate

  1. inflection of declinare:
    1. second-person plural present indicative
    2. second-person plural imperative

Etymology 2

Participle

declinate f pl

  1. feminine plural of declinato

Latin

Verb

dēclīnāte

  1. second-person plural present active imperative of dēclīnō

Spanish

Verb

declinate

  1. second-person singular voseo imperative of declinar combined with te