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Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: -ate suffix - (forming adjectives) possessing; having the appearance or characteristics of: fortunate, palmate, Latinate
- (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: hyphenate, rusticate
Etymology: from Latin -ātus, past participial ending of verbs ending in -āre -ate suffix forming nouns - denoting office, rank, or a group having a certain function: episcopate, electorate
Etymology: from Latin -ātus, suffix (fourth declension) of collective nouns ate /eɪt/USA pronunciation v. - the pt. of eat.
-ate1 ,suffix. - -ate is used to form adjectives with the meaning "showing;
full of'': passion + -ate → passionate (= showing passion);
consider + -ate → considerate (= showing the action of considering);
literate. - -ate is used to form verbs with the meaning "cause to become (like);
act as'': regular + -ate → regulate (= make regular, act by rule);
active + -ate → activate (= cause to become active);
hyphenate;
calibrate. - -ate is used to form nouns with the meanings:
- a group of people: elector + -ate → electorate (= group who elect).
- an area ruled by: caliph (a kind of ruler) + -ate → caliphate (= area ruled by a caliph);
protector + -ate → protectorate (= area ruled by a protecting nation). - the office, institution, or function of: consul + -ate → consulate;
magistrate;
potentate.
-ate2 , is a suffix used: WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024ate (āt; Brit. et),USA pronunciation v. - pt. of eat.
A•te (ā′tē, ä′tē),USA pronunciation n. - Mythologyan ancient Greek goddess personifying the fatal blindness or recklessness that produces crime and the divine punishment that follows it.
- Greek, special use of átē reckless impulse, ruin, akin to aáein to mislead, harm
- equipment that makes a series of tests automatically.
- a(utomatic) t(est) e(quipment)
- 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.
- Latin -ātus (masculine), -āta (feminine), -ātum (neuter), equivalent. to -ā- thematic vowel + -tus, -ta, -tum past participle suffix
- Chemistrya specialization of -ate1, 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. Compare -ite1.
- probably origin, originally in Neo-Latin phrases, as plumbum acetātum salt produced by the action of acetic acid on lead
- a suffix occurring orig. 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, ate 3 signifies the office, term of office, or territory of a ruler or official (caliphate;
khanate;
shogunate).
- Latin -ātus (genitive -ātūs), generalized from verb, verbal ders., as augurātus office of an augur (augurā(re) to foretell by augury + -tus suffix of verb, verbal action), construed as der. of augur augur
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