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Definition of Militates
1. militate [v] - See also: militate
Lexicographical Neighbors of Militates
Literary usage of Militates
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Errors of Hopkinsianism Detected and Refuted by Nathan Bangs, Seth Williston (1815)
"It militates against the justice of God,accord- ing to your own assertion in page
67, where you say, " Impartiality requires that all innocent persons ..."
2. Principles and Acts of the Revolution in America: Or, An Attempt to Collect by Hezekiah Niles (1822)
"... on the one side, and by the general assemblies of this continent, on the other,
greatly militates, and is productive of this unhappy contention, ..."
3. Religion in America: Or an Account of the Origin, Relation to the State, and by Robert Baird (1844)
"My object is - simply to show how it operates as one of the greatest obstacles
to the promotion of religion ; and, as such, militates against the success of ..."
4. The National Review edited by Richard Holt Hutton, Walter Bagehot (1860)
"... a document which sadly militates against the doctrine of papal irresponsibility : "
To the Sovereign Pontiff and Universal Father [Papa], the Lord John ..."
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