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Definition of Militated

Militated
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. These are great questions, where great names militate against each other. --Burke. The invisible powers of heaven seemed to militate on the side of the pious emperor. --Gibbon.

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- of North Africa to promote a collective Amazigh ethnic identity and to militate for greater linguistic rights and cultural recognition. The indigenous...
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- language spoken in the sub-Alpine regions of northeastern Italy, further militate against the idea of eastern origins. Pallottino, M****imo (1947). L'origine...
- rendered in opposition to a view of Maimonides, even where he apparently militated against the sense of a Talmudic p****age, for in such cases the presumption...
- continually flowing non-repeating music and art of Eno's installations militate against habituation to the work and maintain the visitors' engagement with...
- script, calling it "extremely dirty": the movie, says the newspaper, "only militates in favour of the black cause to legitimize, after many plot twists (the...
- 20th-century music schools, and suitable for large auditoria or recordings – militates against what is known of Chopin's more intimate performance technique...