perturbate

American  

[pur-tur-bayt] / ˈpɜr tɜrˌbeɪt /

verb (used with object)

1. perturb.

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adjective

Archaic.

1. disturbed, agitated, or unsettled; perturbed.

Etymology

Origin of perturbate

First recorded in 1425–75; from Latin perturbātus “thrown into confusion,” past participle of perturbāre “to throw into confusion”; see perturb

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Example Sentences

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perturbate

You will offend, Go near to outrage them; and perturbate As they have not deserved of you.

From Complete Short Works of George Meredith by George Meredith

I will not perturbate Thy Paradisal state With praise Of thy dead days; To the new-heavened say, - "Spirit, thou wert fine clay:" This do, Thy praise who knew.

From Poems by Francis Thompson

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