interminate

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English

Etymology 1

From in- +‎ terminate.

Pronunciation

Adjective

interminate (comparative more interminate, superlative most interminate)

  1. Without end or limit; boundless, infinite, interminable.
    Synonym: interminated
Translations

Etymology 2

From Latin interminatus, past participle of interminari.

Pronunciation

Verb

interminate (third-person singular simple present interminates, present participle interminating, simple past and past participle interminated)

  1. (obsolete) To menace; to threaten.

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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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 interminate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Italian

Adjective

interminate

  1. feminine plural of interminato

Latin

Participle

intermināte

  1. vocative masculine singular of interminātus