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Definition of Militates

Militate
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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- trees and taxation that gave breaks to Israeli producers, factors which militated against growth. Gaza's direct exports of these products to Western markets...
- bottles and screaming throngs. Rioting seemed very possible. King's beliefs militated against his staging a violent event, and he negotiated an agreement with...
- of North Africa to promote a collective Amazigh ethnic identity and to militate for greater linguistic rights and cultural recognition. The indigenous...
- 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...
- the solemn obligation which it undertook in terms of the policy do****ent militate against accepting such a notion of state power. The state must discard...
- that the fleet is obsolete in the face of this new weapon and this will militate against appropriations to preserve a postwar Navy of the size now planned...
- subsequent correspondence. ****inson's own ambivalence on the matter militated against the likelihood of publication. Literary critic Edmund Wilson,...
- 20th-century music schools, and suitable for large auditoria or recordings – militates against what is known of Chopin's more intimate performance technique...
- the energy sector. The climate and the small amount of available land militate against activities such as farming and livestock raising (weather conditions...
- in origin. Secularism originated in Europe as series of movements that militated for a new, heretofore unheard-of concept called "secular Judaism". For...