militating

/M IH1 L IH0 T EY0 T IH0 NG/
verb
  1. 1

    To give force or effect toward; to influence.

    โ€œto militate against the possibility of his electionโ€

  2. 2

    To fight.

Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/militate, https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/militating