negate

Borrowed from Latin negatus, past participle of negare (“to deny, refuse, decline”), reduced from *nec-aiare (or a similar form), from nec (“not, nor”) + aiere (“to say”).

• IPA^(key): /nɪˈɡeɪt/
• Rhymes: -eɪt

negate (third-person singular simple present negates, present participle negating, simple past and past participle negated)

1. To deny the existence, evidence, or truth of; to contradict.

   The investigation tending to negate any supernatural influences.

2. To nullify or cause to be ineffective.

   Progress on the study has been negated by the lack of funds.

   Persecution can be negated through exposure.

3. To be negative; bring or cause negative results.

   a pessimism that always negates

4. (computing) To perform the NOT operation on.

• negative
• negativeness
• negativism
• negativity
• negation

• negate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• negate in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

• geneat

negate f pl

1. feminine plural of negato

negate

1. second-person plural present of negare
2. second-person plural imperative of negare
3. feminine plural past participle of negare

• agente

negāte

1. vocative masculine singular of negātus