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have force or influence — especially against something
- I told him he might have a dozen if he wished, but that it would not be wise to have more than one solicitor engaged in one transaction, as only one could act at a time, and that to change would be certain to militate against his interest.Chapter 3 (28% in)
- As he saw that the very excess of his emotion was militating against him, by restoring us more to our old relations, he became still more demonstrative.Chapter 18 (93% in)
There are no more uses of "militate" in Dracula.
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