-ate
Signification (English)
- forms adjectives with meaning "having the specified thing"
- forms adjectives with meaning "characterized by the specified thing"
- forms adjectives with meaning "resembling the specified thing"
Synonyms
Prononcé comme (IPA)
/ət/
Étymologie (English)
From the Latin perfect passive participle suffixes of first conjugation verbs -ātus, -āta, and -ātum. In Middle English, it was written -at (then desolat for current desolate). Doublet of -ee and -ed.
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