Meaning

1 senses

  1. (rare)To practice celibacy.

Examples

4 sentences

  1. Being celibate means that you may only do it with other celibates.

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  2. The serpent-god's image is carried in an annual procession by a celibate priestess.

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  3. Tom is celibate.

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  4. Most Buddhist monks are celibate.

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Origin

From Latin caelebs + -ate (verb-forming suffix)

From Latin caelebs + -ate (verb-forming suffix)

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Forms

celibates, celibating, celibated, celibated
Base formcelibate · to celibate
3rd person singularcelibates
Present participlecelibating
Past simplecelibated
Past participlecelibated

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theycelibate
he, she, itcelibates

Past simpleLesson

all personscelibated

Present perfectLesson

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

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill celibate

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
celestialceliaccelibacycellB1cellarB2
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