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-ate
1- a suffix occurring in loanwords from Latin, its English distribution paralleling that of Latin. The form originated as a suffix added to a- stem verbs to form adjectives ( separate ). The resulting form could also be used independently as a noun ( advocate ) and came to be used as a stem on which a verb could be formed ( separate; advocate; agitate ). In English the use as a verbal suffix has been extended to stems of non-Latin origin: calibrate; acierate .
-ate
2- a specialization of -ate 1, used to indicate a salt of an acid ending in -ic , added to a form of the stem of the element or group: nitrate; sulfate .
-ate
3- a suffix occurring originally in nouns borrowed from Latin, and in English coinages from Latin bases, that denote offices or functions ( consulate; triumvirate; pontificate ), as well as institutions or collective bodies ( electorate; senate ); sometimes extended to denote a person who exercises such a function ( magistrate; potentate ), an associated place ( consulate ), or a period of office or rule ( protectorate ). Joined to stems of any origin, ate3 signifies the office, term of office, or territory of a ruler or official ( caliphate; khanate; shogunate ).
ate
4[ eyt; British et ]
verb
- simple past tense of eat.
Ate
5[ ey-tee, ah-tee ]
noun
- an ancient Greek goddess personifying the fatal blindness or recklessness that produces crime and the divine punishment that follows it.
ATE
6- equipment that makes a series of tests automatically.
Ate
1/ ˈɑːtɪ; ˈeɪtɪ /
noun
- Greek myth a goddess who makes men blind so that they will blunder into guilty acts
ate
2/ eɪt; ɛt /
verb
- the past tense of eat
-ate
3suffix
- forming adjectives possessing; having the appearance or characteristics of
Latinate
palmate
fortunate
- forming nouns a chemical compound, esp a salt or ester of an acid
carbonate
stearate
- forming nouns the product of a process
condensate
- forming verbs from nouns and adjectives
rusticate
hyphenate
-ate
4suffix forming nouns
- denoting office, rank, or a group having a certain function
electorate
episcopate
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yvlog History and Origins
Origin of -ate1
< Latin -ٳܲ (masculine), -ٲ (feminine), -ٳܳ (neuter), equivalent to -- thematic vowel + -tus, -ta, -tum past participle suffix
Origin of -ate2
Probably originally in New Latin phrases, as plumbum acetātum salt produced by the action of acetic acid on lead
Origin of -ate3
< Latin -ٳܲ (genitive -ū ), generalized from v. derivatives, as ܲܰٳܲ office of an augur ( ܲܰ() to foretell by augury + -tus suffix of v. action), construed as derivative of augur augur 1
Origin of -ate4
< Greek, special use of áŧ reckless impulse, ruin, akin to á to mislead, harm
Origin of -ate5
a(utomatic) t(est) e(quipment)
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yvlog History and Origins
Origin of -ate1
C16: via Latin from Greek ŧ a rash impulse
Origin of -ate2
from Latin -ٳܲ, past participial ending of verbs ending in -
Origin of -ate3
from Latin -ٳܲ, suffix (fourth declension) of collective nouns
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