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MUSSITATE
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they mussitate ... he / she / it mussitates
Past simple: mussitated
Past participle: mussitated
-ing form: mussitating
Sense 1
Meaning:
Talk indistinctly; usually in a low voice
Synonyms:
maunder; mumble; mussitate; mutter
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Hypernyms (to "mussitate" is one way to...):
mouth; speak; talk; utter; verbalise; verbalize (express in speech)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
Derivation:
mussitation (a low continuous indistinct sound; often accompanied by movement of the lips without the production of articulate speech)
