interminate

English

Etymology 1

in- +‎ terminate

Adjective

interminate (comparative more interminate, superlative most interminate)

  1. Without end or limit; boundless; infinite.
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Synonyms
Translations
interminable — see interminable

Etymology 2

Latin interminatus, past participle of interminari.

Verb

interminate (third-person singular simple present interminates, present participle interminating, simple past and past participle interminated)

  1. (obsolete) To menace; to threaten.
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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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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 interminate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Italian

Adjective

interminate

  1. Feminine plural form of interminato

Latin

Participle

intermināte

  1. vocative masculine singular of interminātus
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