Re: "Resignate"

Mark Brader wrote:
Cece Armstrong:
I have not heard "resignate," but I have heard and read "cohabitate."
Both meanings have perfectly good verbs already!

One also encounters "orientate" and "administrate". Presumably the
next formation along these lines will be either "preventate" or
"interpretate". :-)

"Preventative maintenance" is already in common use.

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