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/mɪˈlɪʃieɪt/ · verb
(obsolete, ambitransitive) To raise a militia; to wage, or prepare for, war..
November 16 1759, Horace Walpole, letter to Sir Horace Mann We continue to militiate , and to raise light troops , and when we have armed every apprentice in England , I suppose we shall translate our fears to Germany
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Militiate means (obsolete, ambitransitive) To raise a militia; to wage, or prepare for, war..
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November 16 1759, Horace Walpole, letter to Sir Horace Mann We continue to militiate , and to raise light troops , and when we have armed every apprentice in England , I suppose we shall translate our fears to Germany
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