fatigate

/ˈfætɪɡeɪt/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

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verb

Obsolete

adj

Obsolete

"But Fabius being painful in pursuing Annibal from place to place, awaiting to have him at advantage, at the last did so fatigate him and his host"
"he suffre nat the childe to be fatigate with continuall studie or lernyng"
"Requickened what in flesh was fatigate."
"The young Englishman […] never fatigate, nor despondent, nor overthrown by any demand."

Borrowed from Latin fatīgātus, perfect passive participle of fatīgō, see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix).

fatigates (present, singular) fatigating (participle, present) fatigated (participle, past) fatigated (past) more fatigate (comparative) most fatigate (superlative)

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How do you pronounce fatigate?

The recorded pronunciation is /ˈfætɪɡeɪt/.

What does fatigate mean?

To weary; to tire; to fatigue.

Where does fatigate come from?

Borrowed from Latin fatīgātus, perfect passive participle of fatīgō, see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix).

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