The Collaborative International Dictionary
Militate \Mil"i*tate\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Militated; p. pr. & vb. n. Militating.] [L. militare, militatum, to be a soldier, fr. miles, militis, soldier.] To make war; to fight; to contend; -- usually followed by against and with.
These are great questions, where great names militate
against each other.
--Burke.
The invisible powers of heaven seemed to militate on
the side of the pious emperor.
--Gibbon.
Wiktionary
vb. (present participle of militate English)
Usage examples of "militating".
Becky's sex was now militating another of Daphne's words against her, although she was kind enough not to mention my accent “militating" against me.
Miriam tried to think straight, but her headache was militating against coherency.
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.
Two additional reasons militating against bellicosity and martial aggression during the summer festivals might be mentioned.