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Webster 1913 Edition
Flote
Flote
,Verb.
T.
To fleet; to skim.
[Obs.]
Tusser.
Flote
,Noun.
A wave.
[Obs.]
“The Mediterranean flote.” Shak.
Webster 1828 Edition
Flote
FLOTE
,Verb.
T.
Definition 2024
flote
flote
English
Verb
flote
- simple past tense of flite.
Etymology 2
Compare French flot, Latin fluctus; also compare float (noun).
Noun
flote (plural flotes)
- (obsolete) A wave.
- 1610, The Tempest, by Shakespeare, act 1 scene 2
- [...] they all have met again, / And are upon the Mediterranean flote / Bound sadly home for Naples [...]
- 1610, The Tempest, by Shakespeare, act 1 scene 2
Translations
Etymology 3
Verb
flote (third-person singular simple present flotes, present participle floting, simple past and past participle floted)
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
Alternative forms
Noun
flote m
Inflection
Inflection of flote
Old French
Etymology
Germanic, compare English float.
Noun
flote f (oblique plural flotes, nominative singular flote, nominative plural flotes)
- fleet (collection of several watercraft)
Spanish
Adjective
a flote m, f
Verb
flote