Militate (verb)
mil-i-tayt
(of a fact or circumstance) be a powerful or conclusive factor in preventing.
Late 16th century: from Latin militat- ‘served as a soldier’, from the verb militare, from miles, milit- ‘soldier’.
Example sentences
“these fundamental differences will militate against the two communities coming together.”
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