v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Militated p. pr. & vb. n. Militating ] [ L. militare, militatum, to be a soldier, fr. miles, militis, soldier. ] To make war; to fight; to contend; -- usually followed by against and with. [ 1913 Webster ]
These are great questions, where great names militate against each other. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]
The invisible powers of heaven seemed to militate on the side of the pious emperor. Gibbon. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. To argue against; to cast doubt on; -- used in reference to facts which tend to disprove a hypothesis; as, the absence of a correlation of budget deficits with inflation militates against any causal relation between the two. Opposite of support. [ PJC ]
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Militate \Mil"i*tate\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Militated}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Militating}.] [L. militare, militatum, to be a
soldier, fr. miles, militis, soldier.]
To make war; to fight; to contend; -- usually followed by
against and with.
[1913 Webster]
These are great questions, where great names militate
against each other. --Burke.
[1913 Webster]
The invisible powers of heaven seemed to militate on
the side of the pious emperor. --Gibbon.
[1913 Webster]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
militate
v 1: have force or influence; bring about an effect or change;
"Politeness militated against this opinion being expressed"
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