Noah Webster
Militate
MIL'ITATE, verb intransitive [Latin milito.] To militate against, is to oppose; to be or to act in opposition.
Paley writes, to militate with; but in America, against is generally used.
MIL'ITATE, verb intransitive [Latin milito.] To militate against, is to oppose; to be or to act in opposition.
Paley writes, to militate with; but in America, against is generally used.