different between militate vs deter

English

Etymology

From Latin m?lit?tus, from m?lit?. Originally meant "to be a soldier; to fight".

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m?l?te?t/

Verb

militate (third-person singular simple present militates, present participle militating, simple past and past participle militated)

1. To give force or effect toward; to influence.

   to militate in favor of a particular result

   to militate against the possibility of his election
2. (obsolete) To fight.

Translations

Anagrams

• limitate

Esperanto

Adverb

militate

1. present adverbial passive participle of militi

Italian

Verb

militate

1. second-person plural present indicative of militare
2. second-person plural imperative of militare
3. feminine plural of militato

Anagrams

• limitate
• metilati

Latin

Participle

m?lit?te

1. vocative masculine singular of m?lit?tus

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin d?terre? (“deter, discourage”), from de (“from”) + terre? (“I frighten”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d??t??(?)/
• Rhymes: -??(r)

Verb

deter (third-person singular simple present deters, present participle deterring, simple past and past participle deterred)

1. (transitive) To prevent something from happening.
2. (transitive) To persuade someone not to do something; to discourage.

3. (transitive) To distract someone from something.
   • 1748. David Hume. Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral. London: Oxford University Press, 1973. § 10.

     we have in following enquiry, attempted to throw some light upon subjects, from which uncertainty has hitherto deterred the wise

Synonyms

• (To persuade someone to not do something): dissuade

Related terms

• deterrent
• deterrence

Translations

Further reading

• deter in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• deter in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• deter at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• treed

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese det?er, from Latin d?tin?re, present active infinitive of d?tine? (“detain”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [de?te?]

Verb

deter (first-person singular present deteño, first-person singular preterite detiven, past participle detido)

1. to detain, stop
2. to stay
3. to arrest

Conjugation

Related terms

References

• “deteer” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
• “detee” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• “deter” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “deter” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “deter” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Portuguese det?er, from Latin d?tin?re, present active infinitive of d?tine? (“detain”).

Verb

deter (first-person singular present indicative detenho, past participle detido)

1. to stop, arrest, detain, restrain
2. to deter
3. to withhold

Conjugation

Related terms

• detenção
• ter