Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Militate"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
militate
v : have force or influence; bring about an effect or change;
"Politeness militated against this opinion being
expressed"
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