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lactate (v.)
"secrete milk from the breasts," 1889, probably a back-formation from
lactation
. The Latin verb was
lactare
. Related:
Lactated
;
lactating
.
lactate (n.)
salt of lactic acid, 1790, from French (1789), from stem of
lactic
+
-ate
(1).
