militate : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: militate	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for militate
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
militate v have force or influence; bring about an effect or change; "Politeness militated against this opinion being expressed"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Militate \Mil"itate\, 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.