irregulate en · VERB
Etymology
From ir- + regulate.
Meanings
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(transitive) to make irregular; to disorder
its fluctuations are but motions subservient; which winds, storms, shores, shelves, and every interjacency irregulates
1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], →OCLC:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| irregulating | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| irregulated | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| irregulated | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| irregulates | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic |