auscultate
Americanverb (used with or without object)
verb
Other Word Forms
- auscultative adjective
- auscultator noun
- auscultatory adjective
Etymology
Origin of auscultate
First recorded in 1860–65; back formation from auscultation
Example Sentences
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I wanted to auscultate, but that was not an option.
From The Guardian • Sep. 7, 2020
It was therefore necessary to demolish, as we proceeded, a great part of the ship’s inner skin and fittings, and to auscultate what remained, like a doctor sounding for a lung disease.
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 13 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis
Quotlibet huc, ubicunque hominum, auscultate canenti, Si breve vos teneam;—non ego longus ero.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 332, June, 1843 by Various
It was therefore necessary to demolish, as we proceeded, a great part of the ship's inner skin and fittings, and to auscultate what remained, like a doctor sounding for a lung disease.
From The Wrecker by Stevenson, Robert Louis
Paramón Paramónitch felt his pulse, looked at his tongue, interrogated him after a fashion, and finally announced that it was indispensably necessary to "auscultate" him.
From A Reckless Character And Other Stories by Hapgood, Isabel Florence
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