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mussitate

[ muhs-i-teyt ]
/ ˈmʌs ɪˌteɪt /
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verb (used without object), mus·si·tat·ed, mus·si·tat·ing.Obsolete.
to mutter; mumble.
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Origin of mussitate

1620–30; <Latin mussitātus (past participle of mussitāre to mutter), equivalent to muss(āre) to mutter + -it- frequentative suffix + -ātus-ate1
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