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▪ I. † ˈvariate, a. Obs.
[ad. L. variāt-us, pa. pple. of variāre to vary.]
a. Diversified, variegated.
b. Varied in nature.
c1440Pallad. on Husb. xii. 52 Olyue is puld of colour variate. 1677Gale Crt. Gentiles iv. 254 The divine effulgence and operation is one essence, both simple and impartible, and boniforme in things partible variate (as to operation).
▪ II. † ˈvariate, v. Obs.
[a. L. variāt-, ppl. stem of variāre: see prec.]
1. trans. To produce a modification, variation, or change in (something); to alter, cause to change.
1566Painter Pal. Pleas. i. (1569) 105 b, The perfection of that which thus doth variat and alter bothe my thoughts and passions. Ibid. ii. 128 The examples also of sutch diversity do variate and make diverse the affections of men. 1653Gauden Hierasp. Pref. 2 Others..study to variate and shift the extern forms and models of Religion. 1701Beverley Praise of Glory of Grace 45 Not Variating this Enquiry into the Multiplicity of the Lesser and more Particular Causes. 1770Baretti Journ. Lond. to Genoa I. xxi. 162 Female dress is no where variated so much as..in this country.
2. intr. To vary or change.
1591Sylvester Du Bartas i. ii. 435 That which we touch, with times doth variate, Now hot, now cold.
Hence † ˈvariated ppl. a.; † ˈvariating vbl. n. and ppl. a. Obs.
1608J. King Serm. 5 Nov. 33 What was the cause of their multiplied, variated complotments against hir? 1653Gauden Hierasp. 22 Their shiftings and variatings from one living to another. Ibid. 28 Who runs like a Badger, with variating and unequal motions. 1656Artif. Handsom. 43 This artificial change is but a fixation of natures inconstancy,..helping its variating infirmities.
▪ III. variate, n. Statistics.|ˈvɛərɪət|
[f. as variate a.]
†a. The value of an attribute common to a number of individuals in any one instance; an observed value of a variate (sense b). Obs.
1899C. B. Davenport Statistical Methods i. 1 A variate is a single magnitude-determination of a character... Integral variates are magnitude-determinations of characters which from their nature are expressed in integers. Such magnitudes are determined by counting; e.g., the number of teeth in a porpoise. 1906R. H. Lock Rec. Progress Study of Variation iv. 90 A variate is one of the separate numerical values from which a curve of variability can be constructed; the biometrician usually deals with some such number as 1,000 variates.
b. A quantity or attribute having a numerical value for each member of a population; esp. one for which the values occur according to a frequency distribution.
1909Biometrika VII. 97 We have, σ1 and σ2 being the standard deviations of the two variates and r their correlation, ρ = rσ1/σ2q . 1925R. A. Fisher Statistical Methods for Res. Workers i. 5 The variable quantity, such as the number of children, is called the variate, and the frequency distribution specifies how frequently the variate takes each of its possible values. 1952Sci. News XXIV. 109 The histogram gives the frequency with which the weight, a variate, takes values in a certain range in the sample. 1968[see random a. 1 b]. 1971Brit. Med. Bull. XXVII. 2/1 Epidemiology also has a contribution to make..to the study of attributes (or variates, as some call them) such as intelligence..and blood pressure. |