Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

constate

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: con-state
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To relay information in a statement and say whether it is true or false.

verb

To ascertain; to verify; to establish; to prove.

Example Sentences

"It need be no concern of his how we come, through the joint action of our double nature, to apprehend at first those truths which, when apprehended, he knows to be necessary. The metaphysician has only to constate such facts ; it is the business of the psychologist to explain them."
"Above all, he has thought himself able to constate a preparoxysmal increase of albumin, from which he has drawn far-reaching conclusions."

Etymology

Borrowed from French constater.

Inflected Forms

constates (present, singular) constating (participle, present) constated (participle, past) constated (past)

Questions

What does constate mean?: To relay information in a statement and say whether it is true or false.
Where does constate come from?: Borrowed from French constater.

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