mendicate
English
Etymology
From Latin mendicatus, past participle of mendicare (“to beg”).
Verb
mendicate (third-person singular simple present mendicates, present participle mendicating, simple past and past participle mendicated)
- (transitive, intransitive) To beg.
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Related terms
- mendicant
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for mendicate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)
Anagrams
- Camdenite, meditance, mentacide
Italian
Verb
mendicate
- second-person plural present indicative of mendicare
- second-person plural imperative of mendicare
- feminine plural of mendicato
Anagrams
- decimante, medicante
Latin
Participle
mendīcāte
- vocative masculine singular of mendīcātus