menstruate

From menstruum +‎ -ate (verb-forming suffix); sense 2 (“to undergo menstruation”) is possibly a back-formation from menstruation.^[1]

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈmɛnstɹʊeɪt/

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌmɛnstɹuˈeɪt/, /ˈmɛnstɹəˌweɪt/, /ˌmɛnˈstɹeɪt/ (the latter pronunciation leading to the spelling menstrate)
• Rhymes: -eɪt
• Hyphenation: men‧stru‧ate

menstruate (third-person singular simple present menstruates, present participle menstruating, simple past and past participle menstruated)

1. (transitive, obsolete, rare) To stain with or as if with menses.
2. (intransitive) To undergo menstruation, to have a period.

   Synonyms: be on one's period, be on the rag

• menstrate (nonstandard, possibly proscribed)

• menstrual
• menstruation
• menstruator
• menstruous

From menstruum +‎ -ate (adjective-forming usffix).

menstruate (not comparable)

1. (obsolete) Menstrual.

•   menstruation on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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menstruate

1. inflection of menstruare:
   1. second-person plural present indicative
   2. second-person plural imperative

menstruate f pl

1. feminine plural of menstruato

• mestruante

mēnstruāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of mēnstruō

menstruate

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