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English
Etymology 1
From in- + terminate.
Pronunciation
Adjective
interminate (comparative more interminate, superlative most interminate)
- Without end or limit; boundless, infinite, interminable.
- Synonym: interminated
1614–1615, Homer, “The Seventh Book of Homer’s Odysseys”, in Geo Chapman, transl., Homer’s Odysses. , London: Rich Field , for Nathaniell Butter, published 1615, →OCLC; republished in The Odysseys of Homer, , volume I, London: John Russell Smith, , 1857, →OCLC, page 165, lines 395–397:Within a thicket I reposed; when round / I ruffled up fall'n leaves in heap; and found, / Let fall from heaven, a sleep interminate.
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)
- (obsolete) To menace; to threaten.
Italian
Adjective
interminate
- feminine plural of interminato
Latin
Participle
intermināte
- vocative masculine singular of interminātus