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Word: Nutate
Speech Type: Verb
Etymology:
late 19th century; earliest use found in Charles Darwin (1809–1882), naturalist, geologist, and originator of the theory of natural selection. From classical Latin nūtāt-, past participial stem of nūtāre to nod
Definition:
To undergo or exhibit nutation.
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