Definition of adulate Adulate

/æˈʤʌlejˌt/ - [atjuleyt] - ad•u•late

We found 6 definitions of adulate from 6 different sources.

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What does adulate mean?

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Verb

aduleats, aduleating, aduleaten  

adulate - flatter in an obsequious manner
  blandish, flatter praise somewhat dishonestly
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

  • adulate (v. t.)
    To flatter in a servile way.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

  • adulate
    To flatter in an obsequious manner.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

  • adulate
    ad′ū-lāt, v.t. to fawn upon, to flatter:—pr.p. ad′ūlāting; pa.p. ad′ūlāted.—n. Ad′ulator, a servile flatterer.—adj. Adulatory (ad′ū-lā-tor-i). [L. adulāri, adulatus, to fawn upon.]

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  • adulate, verb, present, 1st person singular of adulate (infinitive).
  • adulate, verb (infinitive).

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