militated

[mil-i-teyt]

mil·i·tate

[mil-i-teyt]
verb (used without object), mil·i·tat·ed, mil·i·tat·ing.
1.
to have a substantial effect; weigh heavily: His prison record militated against him.
2.
Obsolete.
a.
to be a soldier.
b.
to fight for a belief.

Origin:
1615–25; < Latin mīlitātus (past participle of mīlitāre to serve as a soldier), equivalent to mīlit- (stem of mīles) soldier + -ātus -ate1

mil·i·ta·tion, noun

militate, mitigate (see usage note at mitigate).


See mitigate.

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