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-ate
-ate 1suff.1. a. Having: nervate.b. Characterized by: Latinate.c. Resembling: lyrate.2. a. One that is characterized by: laminate.b. Rank; office: rabbinate.3. To act upon in a specified manner: acidulate.
[Ultimately from Latin -ātus, past participle suff. of verbs in -āre.]
-ate 2suff.1. A derivative of a specified chemical compound or element: aluminate.2. A salt or ester of a specified acid whose name ends in -ic: acetate.
[New Latin -ātum, from Latin, neuter of -ātus, past participle suff. of verbs in -āre.]-ate suffix 1. (forming adjectives) possessing; having the appearance or characteristics of: fortunate; palmate; Latinate. 2. (forming nouns) a chemical compound, esp a salt or ester of an acid: carbonate; stearate. 3. (forming nouns) the product of a process: condensate. 4. forming verbs from nouns and adjectives: hyphenate; rusticate. [from Latin -ātus, past participial ending of verbs ending in -āre]
-ate suffix forming nouns denoting office, rank, or a group having a certain function: episcopate; electorate. [from Latin -ātus, suffix (fourth declension) of collective nouns]ate (eɪt; Brit. ɛt)
v. pt. of eat. A•te (ˈeɪ ti, ˈɑ ti)
n. an ancient Greek goddess personifying the fatal blindness or recklessness that leads to ruinous actions. [< Greek átē] -ate1 , a suffix occurring orig. in loanwords from Latin, as adjectives (literate; passionate), nouns (candidate; prelate), and esp. past participles of verbs, which in English may function as verbs or adjectives (consecrate; considerate; translate); now used also as a verb-forming suffix in English (calibrate; hyphenate). [< Latin -ātus, orig. =-ā- stem vowel of verbs + -t- past participle suffix] -ate2 , a specialization of -ate1, used to form the names of salts corresponding to acids whose names end in -ic: nitrate; sulfate. -ate3 , a suffix occurring orig. in nouns borrowed from Latin that denote offices or functions (consulate; triumvirate), 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); now joined to stems of any origin and denoting the office, term of office, or territory of a ruler or official (caliphate; khanate). [< Latin -ātus (genitive -ātūs), generalized from v. ders]-ate A suffix used to form the name of a salt or an ester of an acid whose name ends in -ic, such as acetate, a salt or ester of acetic acid. Such salts or esters have one oxygen atom more than corresponding salts or esters with names ending in -ite. For example, a sulfate is a salt of sulfuric acid and contains the group SO4, while a sulfite contains SO3. Compare -ite.EncyclopediaSeeAte-ate
-ate (āt), Termination used as a replacement for "-ic acid" when the acid is neutralized (for example, sodium acetate) or esterified (for example, ethyl acetate), or when reference is being made to the conjugate base.-ate Suffix used as a replacement for "-ic acid" when the acid is neutralized (e.g., sodium acetate) or esterified (e.g., ethyl acetate). -ate [L. -atum, adj. suffix] Suffix in chemistry used in naming a salt or an ester of an acid ending in -ic, e.g., nitrate. |