seminate

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/ˈsɛmɪneɪt/

verb

To disseminate

OriginLatin seminat- →
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Meanings

verbseminate (third-person singular simple present seminates, present participle seminating, simple past and past participle seminated)

present singular third person seminates · participle present seminating · participle past seminated · past seminated

  1. archaicTo disseminate

    If this Cross were seminated all over with Flowers de lis , shewing upon the fides or edges thereof but the halves of some of them , then it should be blazoned Semie de flowers de lis

    1611, John Guillim, A Display of Heraldrie

Origin

  1. Latinseminat-
  2. Englishseminate

From Latin seminat-, perfect passive participial stem of seminō (“to plant, sow”). Doublet of semé and semined.

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APA

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Chicago

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

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