nutate
English edit
Etymology edit
Back-formation from nutation (1610s), from Latin nūtātiō (“nodding”), from nūtō (“I nod”), from Proto-Indo-European *neu-. Compare mutate.
Pronunciation edit
- Rhymes: -eɪt
Verb edit
nutate (third-person singular simple present nutates, present participle nutating, simple past and past participle nutated)
- (intransitive) To rock or sway involuntarily.
- (intransitive, engineering) To wobble; to make a circular rocking motion.
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Interlingua edit
Participle edit
nutate
- past participle of nutar
Latin edit
Participle edit
nūtāte