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Date: 1800-1900
Language: Latin
Origin: , past participle of lactare, from lac; LACTIC

lactate

 verb
     
Related topics: Biology
lac‧tate [intransitive]
HB if a woman or female animal lactates, she produces milk to feed her baby or babies with
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