-ate

-ate¹ Definition

-ate (āt; for 2 & 3 it, āt)

1. to become evaporate, maturate
2. to cause to become invalidate, rejuvenate
3. to form or produce ulcerate
4. to provide or treat with vaccinate
5. to put in the form of, or form by means of delineate, triangulate
6. to arrange for orchestrate
7. to combine, infuse, or treat with oxygenate
1. of or characteristic of collegiate, roseate
2. having or filled with foliolate, passionate
3. 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.
1. salt made from any of certain acids with names ending in -ic: its metal or nonmetal is in its highest oxidation state ammonium nitrate
2. a result of some process distillate

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