nutate

== English == === Etymology === First attested in 1880; back-formation from nutation (1610s) on the basis of -ate (verb-forming suffix), from Latin nūtātiō (“a nodding”), from nūtō (“to nod”), from Proto-Indo-European *neu-. Compare mutate. === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -eɪt === Verb === nutate (third-person singular simple present nutates, present participle nutating, simple past and past participle nutated) (intransitive) To rock or sway involuntarily. (intransitive, engineering) To wobble; to make a circular rocking motion. ==== Derived terms ==== === Anagrams === UNTAET, attune, tauten == Interlingua == === Participle === nutate past participle of nutar == Latin == === Participle === nūtāte vocative masculine singular of nūtātus