militate Definition
mili·tate (mil′ə tāt′)
intransitive verb -·tat′ed, -·tat′·ing
- Archaic to serve as a soldier; fight (against)
- to be directed (against); operate or work (against or, rarely, for): said of facts, evidence, actions, etc. his youth militated against him
Etymology: < L militatus, pp. of militare: see militant
militate Usage Examples
Preposition: against
- development: An atmosphere existed, therefore, which militated against the development of citizens ' rights.
- success: N. or S. In every other spot the fire must necessarily be oblique, which would seriously militate against the success of the experiment.
- approach: Clearly there are factors militating against a progressive approach to NGO messaging.
- innovation: However, the contrasting nature of Bexley's schools has for a number of reasons militated against real curriculum innovation and delivery.
- creation: Again, the researches of M. Cuvier present us with no fact militating against the recent creation of the human species.
- action: An underlying belief has militated against tough action on this.
Modifying Another Word
- strongly: By contrast, the use of AV in constituencies militates strongly against this.
- also: Pressure from America and Europe will also militate in favor of a settlement.
- not: This need not militate against students learning from the past.
- all: We all know that the age of students and the constraints of their timetables all militate against their using local services.
- sometimes: The relatively low status of rights of way work within an authority sometimes militates against due consideration of rights of way matters.
- actually: One of the huge ironies of the web is that the economic incentives actually militate in favor of the monkeys.
Browse dictionary entries near militate
- ‹ military science
- ‹ military police
- ‹ Military Network
- ‹ military law
- ‹ military-industrial complex
- ‹ military attaché
- ‹ military
- ‹ militarize
- ‹ militaristic
- ‹ militarist
- militia ›
- milium ›
- milk ›
- milk-and-water ›
- milk chocolate ›
- milk fever ›
- milk glass ›
- milk leg ›
- milk-livered ›
- milk of magnesia ›

