militate

English edit

Etymology edit

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ˈmɪlɪteɪt/
Audio (Southern England) (file)

Verb edit

militate (third-person singular simple present militates, present participle militating, simple past and past participle militated)

To give force or effect toward; to influence.
to militate in favor of a particular result

to militate against the possibility of his election
- 1944 January and February, W. J. Reynolds, “Locomotive No. 1007 of the Great Northern Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 7:
  The 8-ft. singles were pre-eminently express engines, and were not satisfactory on secondary duties where frequent stops were called for, which militated against their being retained in service.
- 2012, James Lambert, “Beyond Hobson-Jobson: A new lexicography for Indian English”, in World Englishes‎^[1], page 308:
  There are a number of theoretical concerns which might seem to militate against the successful creation of a dictionary of Indian English.
(obsolete) To serve as a soldier or participate in warfare.
- 1625, Nathanael Brent, Free Schoole of Warre:
  This..moues many Italian Caualiers to militate in the warres of Holland.

Translations edit

to influence

Bulgarian: преча (bg) (preča), препятствам (bg) (prepjatstvam)
French: militer (fr)
Greek: στρατεύομαι (el) (stratévomai), αντιστρατεύομαι (el) (antistratévomai)
Russian: спосо́бствовать (ru) impf (sposóbstvovatʹ) (in favor), препя́тствовать (ru) impf (prepjátstvovatʹ) (against), быть поме́хой impf (bytʹ poméxoj) (against), меша́ть (ru) impf (mešátʹ) (against)

References edit

“militate”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
“militate-against”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.