-ATOR Definition & Meaning

-ator

a combination of -ate ¹ and -or ² that forms nouns corresponding to verbs ending in -ate1 ,denoting a human agent ( agitator; mediator; adjudicator ) or nonhuman entity, especially a machine ( incubator; regulator; vibrator ) performing the function named by the verb.

-ator

suffix forming nouns

a person or thing that performs a certain action
agitator
escalator
radiator

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�y��vlog History and Origins

< Latin -��ٴǰ�, originally not a suffix, but the termination of nouns formed with -tor -tor from verbs whose stems ended in -��-; in English, Latin loanwords ending in -��ٴǰ� have been reanalyzed as derivatives of the past participles in -tus ( -ate ¹ ) and a suffix -or ( -or ² ), and many new English nouns derived from English verbs based on Latin past participles (e.g., vibrator from vibrate )

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of -ator¹

from Latin -��ٴǰ�; see -ate ¹-or ¹

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“The joy of medicine is helping people get to better health, not the clerical activity,” said Gregory Ator, the health system’s chief medical informatics officer and surgeon.

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Ator had a long criminal history — evading arrest, criminal trespassing, assault, aggravated assault, stalking, and drug and alcohol abuse — and repeated forced mental health commitments.

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Ator had a long criminal history — evading arrest, criminal trespassing, assault, aggravated assault, stalking, and drug and alcohol abuse — and repeated forced mental health commitments.

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Ator was able to cover about 10 miles before officers shot and killed him.

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Authorities said 36-year-old gunman Seth Aaron Ator called 911 before and after the shootings, but a failure in communication between agencies — they were not all operating on the same radio channel — slowed the response.

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