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militate

Posted: Thu Jun 15, 2006 7:21 pm
by magi
militate
intr. v.

To have force or influence; bring about an effect or a change:

“All these factors militated to a different targeting priority” (Tom Clancy). “The chaste banality of his prose... militates against the stories' becoming literature” (Anthony Burgess).

Posted: Thu Jun 15, 2006 8:31 pm
by Perry
In Hebrew we have a verb "melitz" מליץ which means to speak up for, to advocate.