-ate
- Suffix. (context, in adjectives) having the specified thing.
- Suffix. (context, in adjectives) characterized by the specified thing.
- Suffix. (context, in adjectives) resembling the specified thing.
- Suffix. (context, in nouns) a thing characterised by the specified thing.
- Suffix. (context, in nouns) a rank or office.
- Suffix. (chemistry, in nouns) a derivative of a specified element or compound; especially a salt or ester of an acid whose name ends in -ic.
- Suffix. (context, in verbs) to act in the specified manner.
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