militate
Posted: Thu Jun 15, 2006 7:21 pm
militate
intr. v.
To have force or influence; bring about an effect or a change:
“All these factors militated to a different targeting priority” (Tom Clancy). “The chaste banality of his prose... militates against the stories' becoming literature” (Anthony Burgess).
intr. v.
To have force or influence; bring about an effect or a change:
“All these factors militated to a different targeting priority” (Tom Clancy). “The chaste banality of his prose... militates against the stories' becoming literature” (Anthony Burgess).