militate
verbWord Originlate 16th cent.: from Latin militat- ‘served as a soldier’, from the verb militare, from miles, milit- ‘soldier’.
Verb Forms
Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they militate | |
| he / she / it militates | |
| past simple militated | |
| past participle militated | |
| -ing form militating |