Definition of NUTATE

1. Verb. Rock, sway, or nod; usually involuntarily.

Generic synonyms: Rock, Shake, Sway
Derivative terms: Nutation

Definition of NUTATE

1. to exhibit nutation [v -TATED, -TATING, -TATES]

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Lexicographical Neighbors of NUTATE

nurtured
nurturer
nurturers
nurtures
nurturing
nus
Nusa Tenggara
Nusku
Nussbaum's experiment
nut
nut
nut-leaved screw tree
nutant
nutarian
nutarians
nutate
nutated
nutates
nutating
nutation
nutation
nutational
nutations
nutbreaker
nutbrown
nutcase
nutcases
nutcracker
nutcracker
nutcrackers

Literary usage of NUTATE

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1. The General Biographical Dictionary: Containing an Historical and Critical by Alexander Chalmers (1812)
"... nutate queen ; information oi hrr |1 ul ' before her marriage being .laid first before the ... nutate ..."

2. A Practical German Grammar by Calvin Thomas (1895)
"... is equivalent to must only in the present; elsewhere it is to be translated by be compelled, be obliged, or the like ; eg, id) nutate ..."

3. The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1899)
"... the prophet rests the truth of his mission on the merit rf his book ; audaciously challenges both men and angels to nutate the beauties of a single page ..."

4. The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Comprehending an Account of His Studies by James Boswell (1799)
"SIR, [Nutate. 1738.] " WHEN I took the liberty of writing to you a few days ago, I did not expect a repetition of the same pleasure so soon ; for a pleasure ..."

5. Bulletin by New Jersey, Dept. of Agriculture, New Jersey Dept. of Agriculture (1918)
"FM Williams, New York, NY, Director of New York Nutate Hay Dealers' Association. HW Jeffers, Plainsboro, NJ, Vice-President, ..."

6. Publications by English Dialect Society (1881)
"BELL, HARE, Scilla nutate, Sm. I was misled by the botanical name of the plant when I made the note on this name last year. (See infra HAREBELL, and Trans. ..."

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