gladiate
English
editEtymology 1
editAdjective
editgladiate (comparative more gladiate, superlative most gladiate)
Translations
edit(botany) sword-shaped
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Etymology 2
editBack-formation from gladiator.
Verb
editgladiate (third-person singular simple present gladiates, present participle gladiating, simple past and past participle gladiated)
- To fight as a gladiator, to digladiate.
- 2013, Lorde, Glory and Gore: Pure Heroine:
- You could try and take us (oh, oh),
but we're the gladiators (oh, oh)
[…]
We gladiate, but I guess we're really fighting ourselves […]
Conjugation
editConjugation of gladiate
infinitive | (to) gladiate | ||
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present tense | past tense | ||
1st-person singular | gladiate | gladiated | |
2nd-person singular | |||
3rd-person singular | gladiates | ||
plural | gladiate | ||
subjunctive | gladiate | gladiated | |
imperative | gladiate | — | |
participles | gladiating | gladiated |