Meaning

1 senses

  1. (rare)To move about restlessly.

    move or stir about violently

Origin

First attested in 1822; borrowed from Latin iactitātus, perfect passive participle of iact

First attested in 1822; borrowed from Latin iactitātus, perfect passive participle of iactitō, see -ate (verb-forming suffix).

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Forms

jactitates, jactitating, jactitated, jactitated
Base formjactitate · to jactitate
3rd person singularjactitates
Present participlejactitating
Past simplejactitated
Past participlejactitated

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyjactitate
he, she, itjactitates

Past simpleLesson

all personsjactitated

Present perfectLesson

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

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill jactitate

Synonyms

7 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

1 related words
Relatedjactitation

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

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