Meaning

1 senses

  1. (obsolete)Synonym of trample: to crush or stomp underfoot.

Origin

From Latin calcātus, the past participle of calcāre (“to trample”), parsed via English -at

From Latin calcātus, the past participle of calcāre (“to trample”), parsed via English -ate (verb-forming suffix), from calx (“heel”) + -ō (verb-forming suffix). Doublet of calque.

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Forms

calcates, calcating, calcated, calcated
Base formcalcate · to calcate
3rd person singularcalcates
Present participlecalcating
Past simplecalcated
Past participlecalcated

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theycalcate
he, she, itcalcates

Past simpleLesson

all personscalcated

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave calcated
he, she, ithas calcated

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill calcate

Synonyms

1 synonyms
trampleB2

Word family

2 related words
Derivedcalcationcalcatory

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
cakeA1calabashcalamityC2calciumcalculateB1calculationB1calculatorB1

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