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Webster 1913 Edition


-ate

-ate

.
[From the L. suffix -
atus
, the past participle ending of verbs of the 1st conj.]
1.
As an ending of participles or participial adjectives it is equivalent to -ed;
as, situ
ate
or situated; anim
ate
or animated.
2.
As the ending of a verb, it means to make, to cause, to act, etc.;
as, to propiti
ate
(to make propitious); to anim
ate
(to give life to).
3.
As a noun suffix, it marks the agent;
as, cur
ate
, deleg
ate
. It also sometimes marks the office or dignity;
as, tribun
ate
.
4.
In chemistry it is used to denote the salts formed from those acids whose names end -ic (excepting binary or halogen acids);
as, sulph
ate
from sulphur
ic
acid, nitr
ate
from nitr
ic
acid, etc.
It is also used in the case of certain basic salts.

Definition 2024


-ate

-ate

See also: ate, até, atè, atê, atë, and åte

English

Suffix

-ate

  1. (in adjectives) having the specified thing
    lobate — “having lobes”
  2. (in adjectives) characterized by the specified thing
    Italianate — “characterized by Italian features”
  3. (in adjectives) resembling the specified thing
    palmate — “resembling the palm”
  4. (in nouns) a thing characterised by the specified thing
    apostate — “one who is characterized by dissent”
  5. (in nouns) a rank or office
    rabbinate — “the office of a rabbi”
  6. (chemistry, in nouns) a derivative of a specified element or compound; especially a salt or ester of an acid whose name ends in -ic
    acetate — “a salt or ester of acetic acid”
  7. (in verbs) to act in the specified manner
    abbreviate — “to act by making (something) brief”

Synonyms

Derived terms

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Translations


French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /at/

Suffix

-ate

  1. (chemistry, in nouns) -ate

Italian

Etymology

Feminine plural of -ato; from Latin -ātae, feminine nominative plural of -ātus.

Suffix

-ate

  1. Used with a stem to form the second-person plural present and imperative of regular -are verbs
  2. Used with a suffix to form the feminine plural past participle of regular -are verbs
  3. Common suffix of various towns in Lombardy, that usually indicates belonging to a person or a family

Latin

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈaː.te/, [ˈaː.tɛ]

Suffix

-āte

  1. second-person plural present active imperative of
  2. vocative masculine singular of -ātus

Romanian

Etymology

Feminine plural of -at; from Latin -ātae, feminine nominative plural of -ātus.

Suffix

-ate (masculine singular -at, feminine singular -ată, masculine plural -ați)

  1. used with a stem to form the feminine plural past participle of regular -a (first conjugation) verbs. (e.g. lăsate, măsurate, etc.)