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posticipate

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
pos-tic-i-pate
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To do something later, when the time has come.

Intransitive verb

Etymology

From the Latin verb posticipare, composed of post (“later, after”) + cipare (“as in cipere, to take part”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: *keh₂p-, -

Usage

Inflected Forms

posticipates (present, singular) posticipating (participle, present) posticipated (participle, past) posticipated (past)

Synonyms

postpone

Questions

What does posticipate mean?
To do something later, when the time has come.
Where does posticipate come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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