mussitate

动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ˈmʌsɪteɪt/    美 /ˈmʌsɪˌteɪt/

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To say (words, etc.) indistinctly; to mutter. transitive
    — As for the Origination of the name Magus, […] others [derive it] from מהגה, one that muſſitates; becauſe the Magi tranſacted al their Incantations by muſſitating or muttering out their vvords.
  2. To talk indistinctly; to mutter. intransitive
    — Let none dare to think as vve hear ſome one or tvvo begins to muſſitate, that the Magiſtrates miſcarriages about the matters of Religion, does forfault him of his right to govern, and ſo cadens titulo, is no more to be ovvned as King.

词形变化

mussitates present,singular,third-person mussitating participle,present mussitated participle,past mussitated past

词汇关系

相关词
mussitant mussitation

词源

From Latin mussitō (“to keep quiet; to murmur, mutter”) + -ate (verb-forming suffix), from mussō (“to be silent and respectful; to say in a soft voice, murmur”) (perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *mur- (“to murmur”), originally imitative) + -itō (frequentative suffix).
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