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in·ter·pel·late
 interpellate
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- pronunciation:
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- features:
- Word Combinations (verb), Word Parts
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transitive verb |
| inflections: |
interpellates, interpellating, interpellated |
| definition: |
to subject (a government official) to formal questioning, as before a legislative body.
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| related words: |
interrogate |
adverb + (v.)interpellate
also, locally
(v.)interpellate
+ noun
actor, apparatus, discourse, haitian, ideology, migrant, practice, subject, subjectivity, tango, thief
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| derivations: |
interpellant (n.), interpellator (n.) |
The word interpellate
contains the following parts:
inter-
Latin
prefix
that means between, among
  Example words:
interact, interactive, intercalate, intercede, intercept, interchange, intercollegiate, intercommunity, interconnect, interdependent, interdict, interfere, interferometer, interferon, interfuse, intergroup, interim, interject, interlace, interleave, interlinear, Interlingua, interlock, interlocutor, interloper, interlude, intermediary, intermediate, intermission, intermittent, intermix, intermolecular, international, internet, interpellate, interpolate, interpose, interpret, interracial, interrelate, interrogate, interrupt, intersect, intersection, intersperse, interstate, interstellar, intervene, intervertebral
pel, puls
Latin
root
that means drive, push
Example words:
compel, compulsion, compulsive, compulsory, dispel, expel, expulsion, impel, interpellate, propel, repel, repulse
-ate1
Latin
verb-forming suffix
that means to make, cause, do
More about this word part:
The suffix -ate
primarily forms transitive verbs from Latin bases. Many -ate
verbs were loanwords from Latin. Verbs ending in -ate
combine with the suffix -ion to form nouns ending in -ation. These verbs also have corresponding agent nouns ending in -ator (navigator, dictator, elevator).
Example words:
abbreviate, abdicate, abnegate, accelerate, accommodate, accumulate, activate, adequate, adjudicate, administrate, administrative, administrator, advocate, aerate, affiliate, agglomerate, agglutinate, aggravate, agitate, alienate, allocate, alternate, animate, annihilate, annotate, arrogate, aspirate, assimilate, associate, calibrate, capitulate, cerebrate, circulate, collaborate, collocate, commemorate, complicate, concentrate, congregate, consecrate, consummate, cooperate, coordinate, decapitate, decelerate, decerebrate, decimate, dedicate, dehydrate, deliberate, derogate, desecrate, dictate, disintegrate, dislocate, dissimulate, dissociate, divagate, domesticate, dominate, donate, duplicate, educate, elaborate, elevate, elongate, elucidate, emasculate, emigrate, enervate, enunciate, equate, equivocate, eradicate, evacuate, exasperate, exfoliate, expurgate, fluctuate, formulate, generate, gradate, graduate, gyrate, illuminate, illustrate, implicate, incorporate, indoctrinate, innovate, interpellate, interrogate, irradiate, irrigate, legislate, liberate, locate, mediate, motivate, narrate, navigate, negate, nominate, obliterate, operate, orate, originate, ovulate, palpate, participate, placate, populate, prognosticate, proliferate, radiate, regulate, resonate, rotate, segregate, simulate, subjugate, terminate, vacate, validate, contraindicate
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