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Militate

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Verb

1. militate

have force or influence; bring about an effect or change

Example Sentences:
'Politeness militated against this opinion being expressed'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Militate

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verb
(intr; usually foll by against or for)
(of facts, actions, etc) to have influence or effect
the evidence militated against his release

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Militate

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verb intransitiveWord forms: ˈmiliˌtated or ˈmiliˌtating
1.  Archaic
to serve as a soldier; fight (against)
2. 
to be directed (against); operate or work (against or, rarely, for)
said of facts, evidence, actions, etc.
his youth militated against him

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Militate

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intr.v. mil·i·tat·ed, mil·i·tat·ing, mil·i·tates
To have force or influence; bring about an effect or a change: "The chaste banality of his prose ... militates against the stories' becoming literature" (Anthony Burgess).

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