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negate
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin neg?tus, past participle of neg?re (“to deny, refuse, decline”), reduced from *nec-aiare (or a similar form), from nec (“not, nor”) + aiere (“to say”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /n???e?t/
- Rhymes: -e?t
Verb
negate (third-person singular simple present negates, present participle negating, simple past and past participle negated)
- To deny the existence, evidence, or truth of; to contradict.
- To nullify or cause to be ineffective.
- Progress on the study has been negated by the lack of funds.
- Persecution can be negated through exposure.
- To be negative; bring or cause negative results.
- a pessimism that always negates
- (computing) To perform the NOT operation on.
Related terms
- negative
- negativeness
- negativism
- negativity
- negation
Translations
Further reading
- negate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- negate in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Anagrams
- geneat
Italian
Adjective
negate f pl
- feminine plural of negato
Verb
negate
- second-person plural present of negare
- second-person plural imperative of negare
- feminine plural past participle of negare
Anagrams
- agente
Latin
Participle
neg?te
- vocative masculine singular of neg?tus
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lisp
English
Alternative forms
- lipsey
- lithp (humorous)
Etymology
From Middle English lispen, lipsen, wlispen, from Old English *wlispian (attested in ?wlyspian (“to lisp”)), from Old English wlisp, wlips (“stammering, lisping”, adj), from Proto-Germanic *wlispaz (“lisping”), from Proto-Indo-European *wlis-, *wleys- (“rod”), from *wel- (“to turn, roll”). Cognate with Middle Low German wlispen (“to lisp”), Dutch lispen (“to lisp”), German lispeln (“to lisp”), Danish læspe (“to lisp”), Swedish läspa (“to lisp”).
Pronunciation
- Standard: IPA(key): /l?sp/
- Humorous:
- IPA(key): /l??p/
- IPA(key): /l?l?sp/
- Rhymes: -?sp
Noun
lisp (plural lisps)
- The habit or an act of lisping.
Derived terms
- lispy
Translations
Verb
lisp (third-person singular simple present lisps, present participle lisping, simple past and past participle lisped)
- To pronounce the consonant ‘s’ imperfectly; to give ‘s’ and ‘z’ the sounds of ‘th’ (/?/, /ð/). This is a speech impediment common among children.
- To speak with imperfect articulation; to mispronounce, such as a child learning to talk.
- (archaic) To speak hesitatingly and with a low voice, as if afraid.
- 1597, Michael Drayton, England's Heroical Epistles
- Lest when my lisping, guilty tongue should halt.
- 1597, Michael Drayton, England's Heroical Epistles
- (archaic) to express by the use of simple, childlike language.
- 1848, Henry Walter (editor) William Tyndale (originally author), Doctrinal Treatises and Introductions to Different Portions of the Holy Scriptures
- to speak unto them after their own capacity, and to lisp the words unto them , according as the babes and children of that age might sound them againagain
- 1848, Henry Walter (editor) William Tyndale (originally author), Doctrinal Treatises and Introductions to Different Portions of the Holy Scriptures
- (archaic) To speak with reserve or concealment; to utter timidly or confidentially.
- 1859, Ferna Vale, Natalie; or, A Gem Among the Sea-Weeds
- "You have done well, sir," said Delwood, calmly, as he placed double the amount of Mrs. Santon's bribe in the Signor's hand; "you have done well, sir; and mark my words,—gold can never relieve a guilty conscience! Go, sir, and see that you lisp not a syllable of this to any one."
- 1859, Ferna Vale, Natalie; or, A Gem Among the Sea-Weeds
Derived terms
- lisper
Translations
See also
- brogue
- drawl
- lallation
- lilt
- twang
Anagrams
- LIPs, LSPI, lips, pils, slip
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