-ate

From the Latin perfect passive participle suffixes of first conjugation verbs -ātus, -āta, and -ātum. In Middle English, it was written -at.

-ate

1. (in adjectives) having the specified thing

   lobate — “having lobes”

2. (in adjectives) characterized by the specified thing

   Italianate — “characterized by Italian features”

3. (in adjectives) resembling the specified thing

   palmate — “resembling the palm”

4. (in nouns) a thing characterised by the specified thing

   apostate — “one who is characterized by dissent”

5. (in nouns) a rank or office

   rabbinate — “the office of a rabbi”

6. (chemistry, in nouns) a derivative of a specified element or compound; especially a salt or ester of an acid whose name ends in -ic

   acetate — “a salt or ester of acetic acid”

7. (in verbs) to act in the specified manner

   formulate — “to act by putting (something) in a formula”

• (office): -cy
• (in verbs): -ify

• abbreviate
• apostate

• AET, ETA, TEA, Tea, a.e.t., aet, eat, eta, tea, æt.

• IPA^(key): /at/

-ate

1. (chemistry, in nouns) -ate

Feminine plural of -ato; from Latin -ātae, feminine nominative plural of -ātus.

-ate

1. Used with a stem to form the second-person plural present and imperative of regular -are verbs
2. Used with a suffix to form the feminine plural past participle of regular -are verbs
3. Common suffix of various towns in Lombardy, that usually indicates belonging to a person or a family

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈaː.te/, [ˈaː.tɛ]

-āte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of -ō
2. vocative masculine singular of -ātus

Feminine plural of -at; from Latin -ātae, feminine nominative plural of -ātus.

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.te/

-ate (masculine singular -at, feminine singular -ată, masculine plural -ați)

1. used with a stem to form the feminine plural past participle of regular -a (first conjugation) verbs. (e.g. lăsate, măsurate, etc.)