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Webster 1913 Edition

Hospitate

Hos′pi-tate

,
Verb.
I.
[L.
hospitatus
, p. p. of
hospitari
to be a guest, fr.
hospes
guest.]
To receive hospitality; to be a guest.
[Obs.]
Grew.

Hos′pi-tate

,
Verb.
T.
To receive with hospitality; to lodge as a guest.
[Obs.]
Cockeram.

Webster 1828 Edition

Hospitate

HOS'PITATE

,
Verb.
I.
[L. hospitor.] To reside or lodge under the roof of another. [Not used.]

HOS'PITATE

,
Verb.
T.
To lodge a person. [Not used.]

Definition 2025

hospitate

hospitate

English

Verb

hospitate ‎(third-person singular simple present hospitates, present participle hospitating, simple past and past participle hospitated)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To receive with hospitality; to lodge as a guest.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Cockeram to this entry?)
  2. (obsolete, intransitive) To receive hospitality; to be a guest.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Grew to this entry?)

Latin

Verb

hospitāte

  1. second-person plural present active imperative of hospitō

Etymology

Latin hospitatus.

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