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Definition of Militate

Militate
Militate Mil"i*tate, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Militated; p. pr. & vb. n. Militating.] [L. militare, militatum, to be a soldier, fr. miles, militis, soldier.] To make war; to fight; to contend; -- usually followed by against and with. These are great questions, where great names militate against each other. --Burke. The invisible powers of heaven seemed to militate on the side of the pious emperor. --Gibbon.

Meaning of Militate from wikipedia

- and raised his arm starting in 1973 as a sign of his devotion and "to militate against wars and support world peace". He spent two years of his life in...
- trees and taxation that gave breaks to Israeli producers, factors which militated against growth. Gaza's direct exports of these products to Western markets...
- of North Africa to promote a collective Amazigh ethnic identity and to militate for greater linguistic rights and cultural recognition. The indigenous...
- bottles and screaming throngs. Rioting seemed very possible. King's beliefs militated against his staging a violent event, and he negotiated an agreement with...
- coast of Newfoundland. The climate and the small amount of available land militate against activities such as farming and livestock raising (weather conditions...
- that the fleet is obsolete in the face of this new weapon and this will militate against appropriations to preserve a postwar Navy of the size now planned...
- are low. Generally, short contact times, low doses and high flows all militate against effective disinfection. Common methods of disinfection include...
- subsequent correspondence. ****inson's own ambivalence on the matter militated against the likelihood of publication. Literary critic Edmund Wilson,...
- factions emerged. al-Muntada al-Adabi, dominated by the Nashashibi family, militated for the promotion of the Arabic language and culture, for the defense...
- unchanged in France until the late 1970s, when the deaf community began to militate for greater recognition of sign language and for a bilingual education...