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-ate
1- 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 .
-ate
2- a specialization of -ate 1, 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 .
-ate
3- a suffix occurring originally 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, ate3 signifies the office, term of office, or territory of a ruler or official ( caliphate; khanate; shogunate ).
ate
4[ eyt; British et ]
verb
- simple past tense of eat.
Ate
5[ ey-tee, ah-tee ]
noun
- an ancient Greek goddess personifying the fatal blindness or recklessness that produces crime and the divine punishment that follows it.
ATE
6- equipment that makes a series of tests automatically.
Ate
1/ ˈɑːtɪ; ˈeɪtɪ /
noun
- Greek myth a goddess who makes men blind so that they will blunder into guilty acts
ate
2/ eɪt; ɛt /
verb
- the past tense of eat
-ate
3suffix
- forming adjectives possessing; having the appearance or characteristics of
Latinate
palmate
fortunate
- 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
rusticate
hyphenate
-ate
4suffix forming nouns
- denoting office, rank, or a group having a certain function
electorate
episcopate
Word History and Origins
Origin of -ate1
Origin of -ate2
Origin of -ate3
Origin of -ate4
Origin of -ate5
Word History and Origins
Origin of -ate1
Origin of -ate2
Origin of -ate3
Example Sentences
In Long Beach, he ate potato wedges at an outdoor event space by the city’s convention center.
They died in hospital within 15 minutes of each other in the early hours of the next morning, while their murderers ate a McDonalds, the trial heard.
Mamet: Didn’t you make yourself sick because you ate so many maraschino cherries?
The three latest cats all exhibited respiratory illness, and have no known exposure to raw milk; investigators are looking into whether the animals ate raw meat.
Sykes also noted a 2023 outbreak in South Korea, in which shelter cats ate pet food made with H5N1-infected raw duck.
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