tribulate

English

Etymology

Back-formation from tribulation.

Verb

tribulate (third-person singular simple present tribulates, present participle tribulating, simple past and past participle tribulated)

1. (transitive) To trouble greatly; to afflict with tribulation.

References

• “tribulate”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “tribulate”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.

Latin

Verb

tribulāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of tribulō

Spanish

Verb

tribulate

1. second-person singular voseo imperative of tribular combined with te