MILITATE
militate
(verb) have force or influence; bring about an effect or change; “Politeness militated against this opinion being expressed”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
militate (third-person singular simple present militates, present participle militating, simple past and past participle militated)
To give force or effect toward; to influence.
(obsolete) To fight.
Anagrams
• limitate
Source: Wiktionary
Mil"i*tate, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Militated; p. pr. & vb. n.
Militating.] Etym: [L. militare, militatum, to be a soldier, fr.
miles, militis, soldier.]
Definition: To make war; to fight; to contend; -- usually followed by
against and with.
These are great questions, where great names militate against each
other. Burke.
The invisible powers of heaven seemed to militate on the side of the
pious emperor. Gibbon.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition