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hospitate.

To receive with hospitality; to provide lodging to a guest.

9 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

verb
  1. To receive with hospitality; to provide lodging to a guest.

    ambitransitive · obsolete
  2. To receive hospitality; to be a guest.

    intransitive · obsolete
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Latin hospitātus, perfect passive participle of hospitō, see -ate (etymology 1, 2 and 3).

noun
  1. A building or set of buildings for housing non-paying guests or the sick, especially those connected to a monastery.

  2. A non-paying guest.

Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Latin hospitātus, perfect passive participle of hospitō, see -ate (etymology 1, 2 and 3).

adj
  1. Hospitable.

Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Latin hospitātus, perfect passive participle of hospitō, see -ate (etymology 1, 2 and 3).

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