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tumultuate, v. Now rare.|tjuːˈmʌltjuːeɪt|
[f. ppl. stem of L. tumultuārī to make a bustle or disturbance: see -ate3.]
1. intr. To stir up a tumult; to make a disturbance or commotion; to become or be tumultuous, turbulent, agitated, or restless.
1611[see tumultuating below]. 1616Jas. I Sp. Star-Chamb. 20 June 35 Acquiesce in the Iudgement, and doe not tumultuate against it. 1671R. Bohun Wind 27 Noise of Winds, that..tumultuate. a1734North Exam. i. ii. §44. (1740) 51 To afflict the poor People..to make them restless and apt to tumultuate. 1860W. Arnot Laws fr. Heaven 268 The dread of evil and the desire of good tumultuate and struggle for the mastery in a human breast.
2. trans. To excite to tumult, put into a state of tumult, make tumultuous; to disorder or disturb violently.
1616Jas. I Sp. Star-Cham. 20 June 44 Tumultuating the countrey. 1661R. L'Estrange Interest Mistaken Ded. 2 Their Ayme being to Tumultuate the People. 1768[W. Donaldson] Life Sir B. Sapskull II. Ded. 3 The street..was tumultuated with the loud roar of.. raps, perpetually thundering at my..door! 1820Blackw. Mag. VII. 316 The feelings that tumultuate the heart of a father.
Hence tuˈmultuating vbl. n. and ppl. a.
1611Speed Hist. Gt. Brit. ix. viii. (1623) 574 Hauing let loose many tumultuating Spirits. 1642Hales Gold. Rem., Tract on Schism (1673) 5 Ecclesiastical stories.., of which the greatest [part] consists of factionating and tumultuating of great and potent Bishops. 1815J. Love Lett. (1840) 367 Whatever be the tumultuating of flesh and blood. 1854Mar. Harland Alone xxxi, Tumultuating passions were stilled into a calm, delicious ecstasy. |