Today's Word "militate"
To have force or influence
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Published in Vocabulary
militate \MIL-ih-tayt\ (intransitive verb) - To have force or influence.
"In our current era of politics, many factors militate against changes in policies." -- Reed Hundt, 'You Say You Want a Revolution'
Militate comes from Latin militatus, past participle of militare, "to serve as a soldier," from miles, milit-, "a soldier."