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spectate

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spec⋅tate

  [spek-teyt]
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–verb (used without object), -tat⋅ed, -tat⋅ing.
to participate as a spectator, as at a horse race.
Origin:
1700–10; back formation from spectator
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spec·tate   (spěk'tāt)   
intr.v.   spec·tat·ed, spec·tat·ing, spec·tates
To attend (a horserace or other sporting event, for example) as a spectator.

[Back-formation from spectator.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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