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ovulate

English

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Etymology

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From ovule +‎ -ate.

Pronunciation

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  • (verb) IPA(key): /ˈɒvjʊleɪt/
  • (adjective) IPA(key): /ˈɒvjʊlət/

Verb

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ovulate (third-person singular simple present ovulates, present participle ovulating, simple past and past participle ovulated)

  1. (intransitive) To produce eggs or ova.
    • 1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 96:
      Other studies have shown that women living near the equator have a marked tendency to ovulate during the full moon.

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Adjective

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ovulate (not comparable)

  1. (botany) Containing, or bearing, an ovule.
    • 1948, W. C. Cumming, Francis Irving Righter, Methods Used to Control Pollination of Pines in the Sierra Nevada of California, page 3:
      Ovulate flowers are usually isolated by enclosing them individually or in clusters in pollenproof bags […]

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Italian

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Etymology 1

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Verb

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ovulate

  1. inflection of ovulare:
    1. second-person plural present indicative
    2. second-person plural imperative

Etymology 2

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Participle

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ovulate f pl

  1. feminine plural of ovulato

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Spanish

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Verb

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ovulate

  1. second-person singular voseo imperative of ovular combined with te
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