remorate
English
editEtymology
editFrom Latin remoratus, past participle of remorari; prefix re- (“re-”) + morari (“to delay”).
Verb
editremorate (third-person singular simple present remorates, present participle remorating, simple past and past participle remorated)
- (obsolete, rare) To hinder; to delay.
- 1644, Henry Rider, All the Odes and Epodes of Horace. Translated Into English:
- His remorating kindred did adjourne
References
edit- “remorate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Latin
editParticiple
editremorāte