Webster's Online Dictionary
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Definition: interminate
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| Verb | 1. To menace; to threaten.[Websters] 2. Seldom used base verb from the following inflections: interminating, interminated, interminates, interminater, interminaters, interminatingly and interminatedly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Adjective | 1. Endless; as, interminate sleep.[Websters] 2. Being incessant. [Eve - graph theoretic] 3. Being endless. [Eve - graph theoretic] 4. Rarely used base adjective of the adverb interminately.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Adverb Form (interminately) |
1. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the rarely used adjective interminate.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
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Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. |
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"Interminate" is a common misspelling or typo for: interminated. |
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Date "Interminate" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1828. (references) |
Specialty Definition: interminate
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| Noah Webster | [Adjective] Unbounded; unlimited; endless; as interminate sleep. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
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Nouncutout, termination, closure, end, ending, terminates, terminations. | Consider also: cancellation, death, demise, aim, destination, conclusion, cause, consequence, object, result, tail, effect, period, design, border, butt, expiration, finale.
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Verbthreaten. | Consider also: endanger, intimidate, offer, imperil, jeopardize, expose, foreshadow, jeopardise, portend.
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Adjectiveinterminable, endless, incessant, unending, abiding, ageless, boundless, ceaseless, constant, continual, continuous, enduring, eternal, everlasting, illimitable, infinite. | Consider also: immortal, imperishable, perpetual, timeless, unceasing, undying, limitless, absolute, countless, durable, immeasurable, immense, incalculable, lasting.
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Otherinterminated, menace, desistance, cease, close, desist, desisted, desisting, desists, finish, stop, terminate, terminating.
| Source: Eve, based on meta analysis. |
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Translations: interminate
| Language | Translations (or nearest inflections or synonyms, in parentheses) | |||
| Gaelg | eddyr-sleitagh (interminate). Additional references: Gaelg, United Kingdom, interminate. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Gailck | eddyr-sleitagh (interminate). Additional references: Gailck, United Kingdom, interminate. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Manx | eddyr-sleitagh (interminate). Additional references: Manx, United Kingdom, interminate. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Manx Gaelic | eddyr-sleitagh (interminate). Additional references: Manx Gaelic, United Kingdom, interminate. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Source: Eve, based on a combination of meta analysis and graph theory (for near and back translations). | Top | |||
Constructed Language Translations: interminate
| Language | Translations for “interminate” or closest synonym(s); back translations in parentheses. | |||
| Pig Latin | interminateway (interminate). Additional references: Pig Latin, interminate. (volunteer) | |||
| Terran B | eddeitagh (interminate). Additional references: Terran B, interminate. (volunteer) | |||
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