Meanings
verbperturbate (third-person singular simple present perturbates, present participle perturbating, simple past and past participle perturbated)
present singular third person perturbates · participle present perturbating · participle past perturbated · past perturbated
- datedtransitiveTo perturb.
force her blisse to perturbate
1659, Henry More, The Immortality of the Soul, so Farre Forth as It is Demonstrable from the Knowledge of Nature and the Light of Reason, London: […] J[ames] Flesher, for William Morden […], →OCLC
Origin
- Latinperturbātus
- Englishperturbate
From Latin perturbātus.
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APA
perturbate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/perturbate
MLA
“perturbate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/perturbate. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “perturbate,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/perturbate.
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