Meaning

2 senses

  1. (intransitive)To rock or sway involuntarily.

    rock, sway, or nod; usually involuntarily

  2. (intransitive)To wobble; to make a circular rocking motion.

Origin

First attested in 1880; back-formation from nutation (1610s) on the basis of -ate (verb-fo

First attested in 1880; back-formation from nutation (1610s) on the basis of -ate (verb-forming suffix), from Latin nūtātiō (“a nodding”), from nūtō (“to nod”), from Proto-Indo-European *neu-. Compare mutate.

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Forms

nutates, nutating, nutated, nutated
Base formnutate · to nutate
3rd person singularnutates
Present participlenutating
Past simplenutated
Past participlenutated

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theynutate
he, she, itnutates

Past simpleLesson

all personsnutated

Present perfectLesson

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

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill nutate

Word family

2 related words
Relatednutation
Derivedcircumnutate

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
nurturenutB2nutcasenutcrackernuthousenutmeg
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