intransitive verb
-·tat·ed, -·tat·ing to be a spectator at some event, esp. an athletic contest
Origin of spectate
back-formation from spectatorspectate
spec·tateWebster's New World College Dictionary, Fifth Edition Copyright © 2014 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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spectate
intransitive verb
spec·tat·ed, spec·tat·ing, spec·tatesTo attend (a sporting event, for example) as a spectator.
Origin of spectate
Back-formation from spectatorTHE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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