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MUSSITATE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does mussitate mean?
• MUSSITATE (verb)
The verb MUSSITATE has 1 sense:
1. talk indistinctly; usually in a low voice
Familiarity information: MUSSITATE used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
| Conjugation: |
Present simple: I / you / we / they mussitate ... he / she / it mussitates
Past simple: mussitated
Past participle: mussitated
-ing form: mussitating
... he / she / it mussitates Past simple: mussitated
Past participle: mussitated
-ing form: mussitating
Sense 1
Meaning:
Talk indistinctly; usually in a low voice
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
maunder; mumble; mussitate; mutter
Hypernyms (to "mussitate" is one way to...):
mouth; speak; talk; utter; verbalise; verbalize (express in speech)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
Derivation:
mussitation (a low continuous indistinct sound; often accompanied by movement of the lips without the production of articulate speech)
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