Suffix
forms adjectives with meaning "having the specified thing"
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lobate — “having lobes, lobed”
forms adjectives with meaning "characterized by the specified thing"
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Italianate — “characterized by Italian features”
forms adjectives with meaning "resembling the specified thing"
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palmate — “resembling a palm leaf”
ending of Latin- (ending in -ātus) and French-borrowed (ending in -é) participial adjectives
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deliberate — “deliberated”
degenerate — “degenerated”
Suffix
up until Early Modern English, formed regular past participles of verbs ending in -ate. Rare afterwards except in archaizing poetry, religious writing and Scotland. The alternative ending -ated was used from as early as Middle English
Usage- morpheme
- Obsolete
Suffix
derives or adapts verbs (mostly) from Latin stems
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Latin fōrmula (“a formula”) + -ate → formulate
Ancient Greek φωνή (phōnḗ, “a sound”) + -ate → phonate
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Latin līberō (“to set free”) + -ate → liberate
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forms nouns meaning "person or thing that is either the object of a performed transitive verb or the subject of an intransitive one"
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- Rare
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affiliate — “a person having been affiliated; literally, affiliated”
diffus(e) + -ate → diffusate (“in a process of dialysis, material that has diffused”)
forms nouns meaning "person or thing that is the subject of a transitive verb"
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- Obsolete
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assassin + -ate → assassinate (“an assassin”)
forms nouns meaning "specimen of a corresponding taxon ending in -ata"
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articulate — “An animal of the taxon Articulata”
Suffix
forms derivatives of specified elements or compounds; especially salts or esters of an acid whose name ends in -ic
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acetate — “a salt or ester of acetic acid”
Suffix
forms nouns denoting a rank or office
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emirate — “the office of an emir”
forms nouns denoting the concrete charge, context of a rank or office
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emirate — “the realm of an emir”
forms nouns denoting a group of officials associated with a rank or office
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triumvirate — “an official group of three men, triumvirs”
forms nouns denoting a social or political system ruled by people or someone of a certain rank or office
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patriarchate — “a social system in which heads of household (patriarchs) hold the power”
forms nouns denoting a state (government) ruled by people or someone of a certain rank or office
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emirate — “a state ruled by an emir”
forms nouns denoting a state associated with one's social situation
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celibate — “the state of being a bachelor, celibacy”