fatigate

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/ˈfætɪɡeɪt//ˈfætɪɡət/

verb

To weary; to tire; to fatigue.

Scrabble 12

Meanings

verbfatigate (third-person singular simple present fatigates, present participle fatigating, simple past and past participle fatigated)

present singular third person fatigates · participle present fatigating · participle past fatigated · past fatigated

  1. obsoleteTo weary; to tire; to fatigue.

    But Fabius being painful in pursuing Annibal from place to place, awaiting to have him at advantage, at the last did so fatigate him and his host

    1531, Thomas Elyot, The Boke Named the Governour […], London: […] Tho[mas] Bertheleti, →OCLC
adjectivefatigate (comparative more fatigate, superlative most fatigate)

comparative more fatigate · superlative most fatigate

  1. obsoleteWearied; tired; fatigued.

    Requickened what in flesh was fatigate.

    c. 1608–1609 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Coriolanus”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene ii]
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    he suffre nat the childe to be fatigate with continuall studie or lernyng

    1531, Thomas Elyot, The Boke Named the Governour […], London: […] Tho[mas] Bertheleti, →OCLC

    The young Englishman […] never fatigate, nor despondent, nor overthrown by any demand.

    2020, Hilary Mantel, The Mirror and the Light, Fourth Estate, page 68

Origin

  1. Latinfatīgātus
  2. Englishfatigate

Borrowed from Latin fatīgātus, perfect passive participle of fatīgō, see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix).

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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

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