English Explanatory Dictionary

hospitate

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To receive with hospitality; to provide lodging to a guest.
  2. To receive hospitality; to be a guest.
noun
  1. A building or set of buildings for housing non-paying guests or the sick, especially those connected to a monastery.
  2. A non-paying guest.
adj
  1. Hospitable.

Word forms

hospitate hospitates hospitating hospitated more hospitate most hospitate

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin hospitātus, perfect passive participle of hospitō, see -ate (etymology 1, 2 and 3).

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