tumultuate

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/təˈmʌltju.eɪt/

verb

To make a tumult.

OriginLatin tumultuātus →
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Meanings

verbtumultuate (third-person singular simple present tumultuates, present participle tumultuating, simple past and past participle tumultuated)

present singular third person tumultuates · participle present tumultuating · participle past tumultuated · past tumultuated

  1. obsoleteTo make a tumult.

    He will murmur and tumultuate.

    1692–1717, Robert South, Twelve Sermons Preached upon Several Occasions, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London

Origin

  1. Latintumultuātus
  2. Englishtumultuate

From Latin tumultuātus, past participle of tumultuor (“make a tumult”).

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Chicago

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