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occasionate

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
oc-ca-sion-ate
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To occasion.

Obsolete; Transitive verb

Etymology

From Middle English occasionaten, from Medieval Latin occāsiōnātus, perfect passive participle of occāsiō, see -ate (verb-forming suffix). By surface analysis, occasion + -ate.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: occasionaten, occāsiōnātus

Usage

Inflected Forms

occasionates (present, singular) occasionating (participle, present) occasionated (participle, past) occasionated (past)

Questions

What does occasionate mean?
To occasion.
Where does occasionate come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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