Declinate
//ˈdɛklɪnət// adj, verb
adj, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 Synonym of decline. nonstandard, rare
"[…] as if we were all to become village school teachers and spend our lives in declinating nouns and conjugating verbs."
Adjective
- 1 Bent downward or aside.
- 2 Bending downward in a curve; declined.
Synonyms
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More examples"[…] as if we were all to become village school teachers and spend our lives in declinating nouns and conjugating verbs."
Etymology
The adjective is first attested in 1820; borrowed from Latin dēclīnātus, perfect passive participle of dēclīnō (“to bend down”), see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and -ate (verb-forming suffix).
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