Meaning

1 senses

  1. (obsolete)To make strong.

Origin

First attested in 1623; either from Latin masculus (“male, masculine”) + -ate (verb-formin

First attested in 1623; either from Latin masculus (“male, masculine”) + -ate (verb-forming suffix) or a back-formation from emasculate.

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Forms

masculates, masculating, masculated, masculated
Base formmasculate · to masculate
3rd person singularmasculates
Present participlemasculating
Past simplemasculated
Past participlemasculated

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theymasculate
he, she, itmasculates

Past simpleLesson

all personsmasculated

Present perfectLesson

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

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill masculate

Word family

1 related words
Relatedunmasculate

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
mascaramascarponemascotmasculinemasculinitymashB1
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