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▪ I. donate, v. (Chiefly U.S.)|dəʊˈneɪt|
[f. L. dōnāt- ppl. stem of dōnāre to present, f. dōn-um.]
1. trans. To make a donation or gift of; hence, vulgarly (in U.S.), to give, bestow, grant.
1845R. W. Hamilton Pop. Educ. vii. (ed. 2) 172 The sixteenth [section] is ‘donated’ by Congress for the support of common schools. 1862M. Hopkins Hawaii 324 Under the former tenure, all lands, to whomsoever donated, were revocable at will. 1880Muirhead Ulpian vi. §9 Retentions out of a dowry are competent..on account of things donated, or on account of things abstracted.
2. To present (a person, etc.) with something.
1862Trollope N. Amer. I. 197 Soldiers returning from the Mexican wars were donated with warrants for land.
▪ II. donate, donat, n.|ˈdəʊneɪt, ˈdəʊnæt|
[ad. med.L. dōnātus, -a, pa. pple. of dōnāre to give.]
Name given to members or associates of certain religious orders (see quots.).
1804L. de Boisgelin Anc. & Mod. Malta I. ii. iii. 239 Those who were desirous of being received into the confraternity, and to become brothers de stage or donats in the order, presented themselves before the brother who was to receive them, fell on their knees, and placing their hands on the missal which the brother held open, pronounced the following words. 1858G. Bowyer Ritual of Profession of Knights & Religious Ladies p. xiii, A Donat, or Confrère, is a member of the Order, and participates in the divine offices, benefits, prayers, Masses, and pious works of the Order. He is called Confrère, as being a member of the Confraternity of Donats. The Donats are also called in the statutes Fratres de Stagio, or Fratelli di Staggio. 1886Encycl. Brit. XXI. 174/1 There was also an affiliation of religious ladies (dames) and of donats or honorary members. 1886M. Geudens Life of St. Norbert p. xxvii, The donates, or oblates, who offer themselves to the Order, make their vows also; but they are not perpetual. 1902Bedford & Holbeche Order Hosp. St. John Jerus. 207 In addition to Members there should be Honorary Associates and Donats—..the Donats being persons who, from an appreciation of the works of the Order, had contributed to its funds. 1911Encycl. Brit. XXIV. 13/1 Affiliated brethren (confratres) and ‘donats’ (donati, i.e. regular subscribers..to the order in return for its privileges). 1925C. S. Durrant Flem. Mystics & Eng. Martyrs 45 Here [at Diepenveen] he saw about a hundred veiled nuns with no small number of lay sisters, donates, and servants. |