seminate

English

Etymology

Latin seminatus, past participle of seminare (“to sow”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɛmɪneɪt/

Verb

seminate (third-person singular simple present seminates, present participle seminating, simple past and past participle seminated)

1. (archaic) To disseminate
   • 1611, John Guillim, A Display of Heraldrie:

     If this Cross were seminated all over with Flowers de lis , shewing upon the fides or edges thereof but the halves of some of them , then it should be blazoned Semie de flowers de lis

References

• “seminate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• Manistee, etamines, matinees, matinées, miseaten

Italian

Etymology 1

Verb

seminate

1. inflection of seminare:
   1. second-person plural present indicative
   2. second-person plural imperative

Etymology 2

Participle

seminate f pl

1. feminine plural of seminato

Anagrams

• esantemi, sementai

Latin

Verb

sēmināte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of sēminō