declinate

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/ˈdɛklɪnət//ˈdɛklɪneɪt/

adjective

Bent downward or aside.

Similar
decline
OriginLatin dēclīnātus →
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Meanings

adjectivedeclinate (comparative more declinate, superlative most declinate)

comparative more declinate · superlative most declinate

  1. Bent downward or aside.
  2. biologyBending downward in a curve; declined.
verbdeclinate (third-person singular simple present declinates, present participle declinating, simple past and past participle declinated)

present singular third person declinates · participle present declinating · participle past declinated · past declinated

  1. nonstandardraregrammarSynonym of decline.

    […] we observe that in the use of this auxiliary two declinated forms were conserved: […]

    2000, Charles J. Borges, Oscar Guilherme Pereira, Hannes Stubbe, Goa and Portugal: History and Development, page 361
    1 more example

    […] as if we were all to become village school teachers and spend our lives in declinating nouns and conjugating verbs.

    1877, Samuel Royce, Deterioration and Race Education, page 313

    Synonyms: decline

Synonyms & antonyms

verbSynonym of decline.

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decline

Origin

  1. Latindēclīnātus
  2. Englishdeclinate

The adjective is first attested in 1820; borrowed from Latin dēclīnātus, perfect passive participle of dēclīnō (“to bend down”), see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and -ate (verb-forming suffix).

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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “declinate,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/declinate.

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