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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.

Meaning of Militates from wikipedia

- bottles and screaming throngs. Rioting seemed very possible. King's beliefs militated against his staging a violent event, and he negotiated an agreement with...
- trees and taxation that gave breaks to Israeli producers, factors which militated against growth. Gaza's direct exports of these products to Western markets...
- 20th-century music schools, and suitable for large auditoria or recordings – militates against what is known of Chopin's more intimate performance technique...
- factions emerged. al-Muntada al-Adabi, dominated by the Nashashibi family, militated for the promotion of the Arabic language and culture, for the defense...
- of North Africa to promote a collective Amazigh ethnic identity and to militate for greater linguistic rights and cultural recognition. The indigenous...
- "misuse"), originally meaning a semantic misuse or error—e.g., using "militate" for "mitigate", "chronic" for "severe", "travesty" for "tragedy", "anachronism"...
- continually flowing non-repeating music and art of Eno's installations militate against habituation to the work and maintain the visitors' engagement with...
- language spoken in the sub-Alpine regions of northeastern Italy, further militate against the idea of eastern origins. Pallottino, M****imo (1947). L'origine...
- the energy sector. The climate and the small amount of available land militate against activities such as farming and livestock raising (weather conditions...
- subsequent correspondence. ****inson's own ambivalence on the matter militated against the likelihood of publication. Literary critic Edmund Wilson,...