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mussitate

mus·si·tate

UK/ˈmʌsɪteɪt/ US/ˈmʌsɪˌteɪt/ uncommon

verb

Origin

From Latin mussitō (“to keep quiet; to murmur, mutter”) + -ate (verb-forming suffix), from mussō (“to be silent and respectful; to say in a soft voice, murmur”) (perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *mur- (“to murmur”), originally imitative) + -itō (frequentative suffix).

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