-ate
-ate¹
Definition
-ate (āt; for 2 & 3 it, āt)
- to become evaporate, maturate
- to cause to become invalidate, rejuvenate
- to form or produce ulcerate
- to provide or treat with vaccinate
- to put in the form of, or form by means of delineate, triangulate
- to arrange for orchestrate
- to combine, infuse, or treat with oxygenate
- of or characteristic of collegiate, roseate
- having or filled with foliolate, passionate
- Biol. having or characterized by caudate
- forming adjectives roughly equivalent to corresponding past participles ending in -ed animate (animated), determinate (determined)
-ate²
Definition
-ate (āt, it)
- an office, function, agent, official, or group of officials episcopate, potentate, directorate
- the land, territory, or dominion of (a person or office) priorate, sultanate
- a person or thing that is the object of (an action) legate, mandate
- Chem.
- salt made from any of certain acids with names ending in -ic: its metal or nonmetal is in its highest oxidation state ammonium nitrate
- a result of some process distillate
Browse dictionary entries near -ate
- atelectasis
- atelic
- atelier
- Aterian
- ATF
- Athínai
- Athabasca
- Athabaskan
- Athanasian Creed
- Athanasius
