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Webster 1913 Edition


Flote

Flote

,
Verb.
T.
To fleet; to skim.
[Obs.]
Tusser.

Flote

,
Noun.
[Cf. F.
flot
, L.
fluctus
; also cf.
Float
,
Noun.
]
A wave.
[Obs.]
“The Mediterranean flote.”
Shak.

Webster 1828 Edition


Flote

FLOTE

,
Verb.
T.
To skim. [Not used or local.]

Definition 2024


flote

flote

See also: floté, flöte, and Flöte

English

Verb

flote

  1. simple past tense of flite.

Etymology 2

Compare French flot, Latin fluctus; also compare float (noun).

Noun

flote (plural flotes)

  1. (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 [...]
Translations

Etymology 3

Verb

flote (third-person singular simple present flotes, present participle floting, simple past and past participle floted)

  1. To fleet; to skim.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Tusser to this entry?)


Dutch

Verb

flote

  1. (archaic) singular past subjunctive of fluiten

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse floti.

Alternative forms

Noun

flote m

  1. raft
  2. fleet

Inflection


Old French

Etymology

Germanic, compare English float.

Noun

flote f (oblique plural flotes, nominative singular flote, nominative plural flotes)

  1. fleet (collection of several watercraft)

Spanish

Adjective

a flote m, f

  1. afloat

Verb

flote

  1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of flotar.
  2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of flotar.
  3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of flotar.
  4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of flotar.