Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

insimulate

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: in-sim-u-late
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

Obsolete; Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"Bring a petition to any earthly prince, and say to him, Evigila, and surge, Would your majesty would awake, and read this petition, and so insimulate him of a former drowsiness in his government; say unto him, Eripe manum, Pull thy hand out of thy bosom, and execute justice, and so insimulate him of a former manacling and slumbering of the laws; say unto him, We are become as old shoes, and as off-scourings, and so insimulate him of a diminution, and dis-estimation fallen upon the nation by him, what prince would not (and justly) conceive an indignation against such a petitioner?"

Etymology

From Latin insimulatus, past participle of insimulare (“to accuse”).

Usage

Inflected Forms

insimulates (present, singular) insimulating (participle, present) insimulated (participle, past) insimulated (past)

Questions

What does insimulate mean?: To accuse.
Where does insimulate come from?: From Latin insimulatus, past participle of insimulare (“to accuse”).

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