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English
Etymology
Back-formation from spectator.
Pronunciation
Verb
spectate (third-person singular simple present spectates, present participle spectating, simple past and past participle spectated)
- (transitive, intransitive) To attend an event as a spectator; to observe.
Translations
attend an event as a spectator
Anagrams
Latin
Verb
spectāte
- second-person plural present active imperative of spectō
References
- “spectate”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- spectate in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.