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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD MACHICOLATE

From Old French machicoller, ultimately from Provençal machacol, from macar to crush + col neck.
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PRONUNCIATION OF MACHICOLATE

machicolate  [məˈtʃɪkəʊˌleɪt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MACHICOLATE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Machicolate is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb machicolate in English.

WHAT DOES MACHICOLATE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of machicolate in the English dictionary

The definition of machicolate in the dictionary is to construct machicolations at the top of.


CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO MACHICOLATE

PRESENT

Present
I machicolate
you machicolate
he/she/it machicolates
we machicolate
you machicolate
they machicolate
Present continuous
I am machicolating
you are machicolating
he/she/it is machicolating
we are machicolating
you are machicolating
they are machicolating
Present perfect
I have machicolated
you have machicolated
he/she/it has machicolated
we have machicolated
you have machicolated
they have machicolated
Present perfect continuous
I have been machicolating
you have been machicolating
he/she/it has been machicolating
we have been machicolating
you have been machicolating
they have been machicolating
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I machicolated
you machicolated
he/she/it machicolated
we machicolated
you machicolated
they machicolated
Past continuous
I was machicolating
you were machicolating
he/she/it was machicolating
we were machicolating
you were machicolating
they were machicolating
Past perfect
I had machicolated
you had machicolated
he/she/it had machicolated
we had machicolated
you had machicolated
they had machicolated
Past perfect continuous
I had been machicolating
you had been machicolating
he/she/it had been machicolating
we had been machicolating
you had been machicolating
they had been machicolating
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will machicolate
you will machicolate
he/she/it will machicolate
we will machicolate
you will machicolate
they will machicolate
Future continuous
I will be machicolating
you will be machicolating
he/she/it will be machicolating
we will be machicolating
you will be machicolating
they will be machicolating
Future perfect
I will have machicolated
you will have machicolated
he/she/it will have machicolated
we will have machicolated
you will have machicolated
they will have machicolated
Future perfect continuous
I will have been machicolating
you will have been machicolating
he/she/it will have been machicolating
we will have been machicolating
you will have been machicolating
they will have been machicolating
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would machicolate
you would machicolate
he/she/it would machicolate
we would machicolate
you would machicolate
they would machicolate
Conditional continuous
I would be machicolating
you would be machicolating
he/she/it would be machicolating
we would be machicolating
you would be machicolating
they would be machicolating
Conditional perfect
I would have machicolate
you would have machicolate
he/she/it would have machicolate
we would have machicolate
you would have machicolate
they would have machicolate
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been machicolating
you would have been machicolating
he/she/it would have been machicolating
we would have been machicolating
you would have been machicolating
they would have been machicolating
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you machicolate
we let´s machicolate
you machicolate
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to machicolate
Past participle
machicolated
Present Participle
machicolating
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH MACHICOLATE


accumulate
əˈkjuːmjʊˌleɪt
bifoliolate
baɪˈfəʊlɪəʊˌleɪt
calculate
ˈkælkjʊˌleɪt
circulate
ˈsɜːkjʊˌleɪt
congratulate
kənˈɡrætjʊˌleɪt
emulate
ˈɛmjʊˌleɪt
etiolate
ˈiːtɪəʊˌleɪt
formulate
ˈfɔːmjʊˌleɪt
immolate
ˈɪməʊˌleɪt
insolate
ˈɪnsəʊˌleɪt
manipulate
məˈnɪpjʊˌleɪt
modulate
ˈmɒdjʊˌleɪt
nucleolate
ˈnjuːklɪəʊˌleɪt
populate
ˈpɒpjʊˌleɪt
reformulate
riːˈfɔːmjʊˌleɪt
regulate
ˈrɛɡjʊˌleɪt
simulate
ˈsɪmjʊˌleɪt
spaniolate
ˈspænjəʊˌleɪt
speculate
ˈspɛkjʊˌleɪt
stimulate
ˈstɪmjʊˌleɪt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MACHICOLATE

machi chips
Machiavelian
Machiavelli
Machiavellian
Machiavellianism
Machiavellism
Machiavellist
machicolation
machinability
machinable
machinate
machination
machinator
machine
machine age
machine bolt
machine code
machine error
machine gun
machine gunned

WORDS THAT END LIKE MACHICOLATE

apostolate
chocolate
cholate
cyclopentolate
dark chocolate
death by chocolate
desolate
dessert chocolate
extrapolate
folate
hot chocolate
interpolate
isolate
late
milk chocolate
percolate
plain chocolate
prolate
solate
urceolate
violate

Synonyms and antonyms of machicolate in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «machicolate» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MACHICOLATE

Find out the translation of machicolate to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of machicolate from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «machicolate» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

machicolate
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

machicolate
570 millions of speakers

English

machicolate
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

machicolate
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

machicolate
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

machicolate
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

machicolate
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

machicolate
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

machicolate
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Machicolate
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

machicolate
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

machicolate
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

machicolate
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Machicolate
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

machicolate
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

machicolate
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मर्मकालीट
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

machicolate
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

machicolate
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

machicolate
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

machicolate
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

machicolate
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

machicolate
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

machicolate
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

machicolate
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

machicolate
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of machicolate

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MACHICOLATE»

The term «machicolate» is barely ever used and occupies the 202.465 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «MACHICOLATE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «machicolate» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «machicolate» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about machicolate

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MACHICOLATE»

Discover the use of machicolate in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to machicolate and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Fairylife and fairyland, a lyric poem, communicated by ...
Project they, each rich sculptured wing Seven Moorish arches lightly spring; From those tall pillars gracefully With foliate Spandril up to Frieze, Glistening with Moorish traceries, Whence bracket and arch machicolate Treble, support in antique ...
Titania, 1870
2
Origins: A Short Etymological Dictionary of Modern English
(Webster; Mathews.) massacre,nandv;machicolate (adj, v), machicolation. 1. ' Tomassacre' derives from MFF massacrer, itself fromMFF massacre, whence the En: and MFF massacre derives fromOF maçacre, varr macecre, macecle; o.o.o., but ...
Eric Partridge, 2006
3
Sussex Archaeological Collections Relating to the History ...
Power was given to enclose 2000 acres of wood, &c., in Amberley and the neighbourhood, and to make a park of them ; also to crenellate, turret, embattle, and machicolate Amberley and other manors of the Bishop. '9 Lambeth Pal. Lib.
‎1865
4
The Origins of English Words: A Discursive Dictionary of ...
ma: tara maar: mon macadamized: peue macaroni: haifst, men III macaronic: haifst macaroon: haifst mace: mat macedoine: mak Macedonian: mak macerate: mag machete: mat Machiavellian: onomen machicolate: kagh machination: magh  ...
Joseph Twadell Shipley, 2009
5
Church and Conventual arrangement. With copious references, ...
... a vendor of stolen meat. Maceria, the lo'w wall behind the altar which divided the presbytery from the space under the east window, usually occupied by a shrine. Mavhicolare, to machicolate; fortify with machicoulis, a projecting parapet from.
Mackenzie Edward Charles WALCOTT, 1861
6
Scots and its Literature
Machicolate 'indented or serrated like battlements', by which Young translates Sorley Maclean's eagarra (cf. McClure 1990), a somewhat literary but by no means recondite word meaning 'ordered' or regular', is a nonce use of a word ( with no ...
J. Derrick McClure, 1996
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Greater Medieval Houses of England and Wales, 1300-1500: ...
... 80 acres of pasture, and 16 acres of wood within the isle and to enclose the site of the manor with stone and mortar, and to turret, rcmellare, embattle, and machicolate it.4 William Worcester recorded in 1478 'that the purchase of the manor ...
Anthony Emery, 2000
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The Collected Historical Works of Sir Francis Palgrave, K.H.
... then considered as most antient and admired as a wonderful work and probably Roman, was also The turned into a place of defence, whilst everyone who chose of her 5315'ng followers might fortify and battlement and machicolate as much ...
Francis Palgrave, R. H. Inglis Palgrave, 2013
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PROCEEDINGS AND ORDINANCES OF THE PRIVY COUNCIL OF ENGLAND
... together with the burgesses, of that place, were authorized, in June in this year, to enclose the town with walls, which they were permitted to embattle and machicolate, on account of the danger to which it was exposed, from being open to the ...
HARRIS NICOLAS, 1835
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A Dictionary of Modern English Usage: The Classic First Edition
... Machiavellism ; in spite of greater length, the first is the better ; the clipping of the word to which -ist & -ism are to be added is always disagreeable, & yet Machiavelliism is clearly impossible ; see on voluntar(y)ist in -IST A. machicolate.
H. W. Fowler, David Crystal, 2009

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Machicolate [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/machicolate>. Apr 2024 ».
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