nunate

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verb

To add nunation to (a word).

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Meanings

verbnunate (third-person singular simple present nunates, present participle nunating, simple past and past participle nunated)

present singular third person nunates · participle present nunating · participle past nunated · past nunated

  1. transitivegrammarTo add nunation to (a word).

    You can only nunate the name in the case of the nominative and the genitive,[…]

    1995, Kees Versteegh, C. H. M. Versteegh, The Explanation of Linguistic Causes: Az-Zaǧǧāǧī's Theory of Grammar : Introduction, Translation, Commentary, John Benjamins Publishing, →ISBN, page 169

Origin

From nun + -ate (verb-forming suffix).

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

Nanuetunneat
Cite this entry
APA

nunate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nunate

MLA

“nunate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nunate. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “nunate,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nunate.

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