[1840–50; ‹ L corōnātus ptp. of corōnāre to crown, equiv. to corōn(a) crown + -ātus-ate1]This word is first recorded in the period 1840–50. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: colloid, layout, pylon, set piece, striation-ate is a suffix occurring in loanwords from Latin, its English distribution parallelingthat 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)
Examples of 'coronate' in a sentence
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In contrast, neither compound induced medusa metamorphosis in a coronate scyphozoan, or medusa production in either hydrozoan tested.
Rebecca R. Helm, Casey W. Dunn 2017, 'Indoles induce metamorphosis in a broad diversity of jellyfish, but not in a crownjelly (Coronatae)', PLOS ONE10.1371/journal.pone.0188601. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)