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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; animate
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 animate
(to give life to).3.
As a noun suffix, it marks the agent;
as, cur
. It also sometimes marks the office or dignity; ate
, delegate
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
It is also used in the case of certain basic salts. ate
from sulphuric
acid, nitrate
from nitric
acid, etc. Definition 2024
-ate
-ate
English
Suffix
-ate
- (in adjectives) having the specified thing
- lobate — “having lobes”
- (in adjectives) characterized by the specified thing
- Italianate — “characterized by Italian features”
- (in adjectives) resembling the specified thing
- palmate — “resembling the palm”
- (in nouns) a thing characterised by the specified thing
- apostate — “one who is characterized by dissent”
- (in nouns) a rank or office
- rabbinate — “the office of a rabbi”
- (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”
- (in verbs) to act in the specified manner
- abbreviate — “to act by making (something) brief”
Synonyms
Derived terms
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Related terms
Translations
a thing characterised by the specified thing
chemical derivative
Italian
Etymology
Feminine plural of -ato; from Latin -ātae, feminine nominative plural of -ātus.
Suffix
-ate
- Used with a stem to form the second-person plural present and imperative of regular -are verbs
- Used with a suffix to form the feminine plural past participle of regular -are verbs
- Common suffix of various towns in Lombardy, that usually indicates belonging to a person or a family
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)
- used with a stem to form the feminine plural past participle of regular -a (first conjugation) verbs. (e.g. lăsate, măsurate, etc.)