detestate

English

Borrowed from Latin dētestātus, perfect active participle of dētestor (“to loathe, curse, ward off”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix). Doublet of detest.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɪˈtɛsteɪt/

Verb

detestate (third-person singular simple present detestates, present participle detestating, simple past and past participle detestated)

1. (obsolete, transitive) To detest.
   • 1549, Erasmus, “(please specify the book of the Bible, or other title)”, in Nicolas Udall [i.e., Nicholas Udall; et al.], transl., The Paraphrase of Erasmus vpon the Newe Testamente, London: […] Edwarde Whitchurche:

     This worlde, whiche as a mortall enemy the doctrine of the Ghospel dooeth detestate and abhorre.

Italian

Etymology 1

Verb

detestate

1. inflection of detestare:
   1. second-person plural present indicative
   2. second-person plural imperative

Etymology 2

Participle

detestate f pl

1. feminine plural of detestato

Latin

Participle

dētestāte

1. vocative masculine singular of dētestātus

Spanish

Verb

detestate

1. second-person singular voseo imperative of detestar combined with te