Meaning

1 senses

  1. (obsolete, rare)To seize or destroy one fifth (of something).

Origin

First attested in verbal use in 1812, in adjectival use in 1851, and in nominal use in 188

First attested in verbal use in 1812, in adjectival use in 1851, and in nominal use in 1889; from the Classical Latin quīntus (“fifth”); in the verbal sense after decimate, and in the botanic senses by mistaken analogy with ternate.

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Forms

quintates, quintating, quintated, quintated
Base formquintate · to quintate
3rd person singularquintates
Present participlequintating
Past simplequintated
Past participlequintated

regular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyquintate
he, she, itquintates

Past simpleLesson

all personsquintated

Present perfectLesson

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

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill quintate

Word family

1 related words
Derivedquintation

Lessons for this word

1 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
quincequininequinoaquintessencequintessential
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