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▪ I. morate, n. Chem.|ˈmɔərət| [f. L. mōr-us mulberry + -ate1.] A salt of moric acid.
1856in Mayne Expos. Lex. 1891in Syd. Soc. Lex. ▪ II. † ˈmorate, a. Obs. [ad. L. mōrāt-us, f. mōr-ēs: see moral a.] Mannered; well-mannered, respectably conducted, moral.
1652Gaule Magastrom. xvii. 138 To see a man well morate so seldom applauded. a1677Hale Prim. Orig. Man. iv. vii. 355 So that the wiser and more morate part of Mankind were forced to set up Laws and Punishments, to keep the generality of Mankind in some tolerable order. |