slovo | definícia |
militate (mass) | militate
- pôsobiť |
militate (encz) | militate,působit v: Zdeněk Brož |
Militate (gcide) | Militate \Mil"i*tate\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Militated; p. pr. &
vb. n. Militating.] [L. militare, militatum, to be a
soldier, fr. miles, militis, soldier.]
To make war; to fight; to contend; -- usually followed by
against and with.
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These are great questions, where great names militate
against each other. --Burke.
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The invisible powers of heaven seemed to militate on
the side of the pious emperor. --Gibbon.
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militate (wn) | militate
v 1: have force or influence; bring about an effect or change;
"Politeness militated against this opinion being expressed" |
| podobné slovo | definícia |
militate (mass) | militate
- pôsobiť |
militates (mass) | militates
- pôsobí |
militate (encz) | militate,působit v: Zdeněk Brož |
militated (encz) | militated,svědčil Jaroslav Šedivý |
militates (encz) | militates,působí Zdeněk Brož |
militate against (gcide) | militate against \mil"i*tate a*gainst"\, v. t.
To argue against; to cast doubt on; -- used in reference to
facts which tend to disprove a hypothesis; as, the absence of
a correlation of budget deficits with inflation militates
against any causal relation between the two. Opposite of
support.
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Militated (gcide) | Militate \Mil"i*tate\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Militated; p. pr. &
vb. n. Militating.] [L. militare, militatum, to be a
soldier, fr. miles, militis, soldier.]
To make war; to fight; to contend; -- usually followed by
against and with.
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These are great questions, where great names militate
against each other. --Burke.
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The invisible powers of heaven seemed to militate on
the side of the pious emperor. --Gibbon.
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militate (wn) | militate
v 1: have force or influence; bring about an effect or change;
"Politeness militated against this opinion being expressed" |
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