Sentence example with the word 'militate'

militate

act, be in action, counter, favor, further, have free play, hinder, oppose, perk, promote, take effect, work

Definition v. have force or influence

Last update: September 3, 2015


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Every year is attended by fresh " discoveries " in this prolific source of elementary substances, but the paucity of materials and the predilections of the investigators militate in some measure against a just valuation being accorded to such researches.   [Please select]

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Beyond this the factors of cost and loss militate against its wider employment.   [Please select]

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The instinct of conventionality, horror of uncertainty, and vested interests, all militate against the acceptance of a new idea.   [Please select]

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As this young woman has well known, her falsifications have many times militated against the fulfillment of her own desires and interests.   [Please select]

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Another factor which militated against the internal progress of Bulgaria was the spread of the Bogomil heresy in the tenth century.   [Please select]

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The only thing to militate against this would be the element of time, which seems hardly to oppose it.   [Please select]

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And the fact that the "Psalterium Americanum" contained no musical notes or directions also militated against its use.   [Please select]

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