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English
Pronunciation
Verb
detestate (third-person singular simple present detestates, present participle detestating, simple past and past participle detestated)
- (obsolete, transitive) To detest.
1549, Erasmus, “(please specify the book of the Bible, or other title)”, in Nicolas Udall [i.e., Nicholas Udall; et al.], transl., The Paraphrase of Erasmus vpon the Newe Testamente, London: Edwarde Whitchurche:This worlde, whiche as a mortall enemy the doctrine of the Ghospel dooeth detestate and abhorre.
Italian
Etymology 1
Verb
detestate
- inflection of detestare:
- second-person plural present indicative
- second-person plural imperative
Etymology 2
Participle
detestate f pl
- feminine plural of detestato
Latin
Participle
dētestāte
- vocative masculine singular of dētestātus
Spanish
Verb
detestate
- second-person singular voseo imperative of detestar combined with te