micturate
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tʃəˌreɪt verb (used without object), mic·tu·rat·ed, mic·tu·rat·ing.
to pass urine; urinate.
Origin:
1835–45; < Latin mictur(īre) to desire to urinate (mict(us), past participle of mingere to urinate + -ur- desiderative suffix + -ī- theme vowel + -re infinitive ending) + -ate1
1835–45; < Latin mictur(īre) to desire to urinate (mict(us), past participle of mingere to urinate + -ur- desiderative suffix + -ī- theme vowel + -re infinitive ending) + -ate1
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micturate (ˈmɪktjʊˌreɪt) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb | |
| (intr) a less common word for urinate | |
| [C19: from Latin micturīre to desire to urinate, from mingere to urinate] | |
| micturition | |
| —n | |
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Micturate
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance. |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
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Word Origin & History
micturate
"urinate," by 1842, from 'micturation; malformed and with an erroneous sense; condemned from its birth.
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Medical Dictionary
micturate mic·tu·rate (mĭk'chə-rāt', mĭk'tə-)
v. mic·tu·rat·ed, mic·tu·rat·ing, mic·tu·rates
To urinate.
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Example sentences
At home among quiet surroundings and during the night there was no such desire to micturate.
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