-ate

-ate

-ate¹ [āt; ] for 2 & 3 [ it, āt]

suffix

1. forming verbs

a) to become [evaporate, maturate]

b) to cause to become [invalidate, rejuvenate]

c) to form or produce [ulcerate]

d) to provide or treat with [vaccinate]

e) to put in the form of, or form by means of [delineate, triangulate]

f) to arrange for [orchestrate]

g) to combine, infuse, or treat with [oxygenate]

2. forming adjectives

a) of or characteristic of [collegiate, roseate]

b) having or filled with [foliolate, passionate]

c) Biol. having or characterized by [caudate]

3. forming adjectives roughly equivalent to corresponding past participles ending in -ED [animate (animated), determinate (determined)]

-ate² [āt, it]

suffix forming nouns

1. an office, function, agent, official, or group of officials [episcopate, potentate, directorate]

2. the land, territory, or dominion of (a person or office) [priorate, sultanate]

3. a person or thing that is the object of (an action) [legate, mandate]

4. Chem.

a) salt made from any of certain acids with names ending in -IC: its metal or nonmetal is in its highest oxidation state [ammonium nitrate]

b) a result of some process [distillate]