EnglishMain Dictionary
-ate
Universal Words
suffix
1 (in adjectives) full of or having the quality of:
passionate * Italianate
2 (in verbs) to give the thing or quality mentioned to:
hyphenate * activate
3 (in nouns) the status or function of:
a doctorate
4 (in nouns) a group with the status or function of:
the electorate
5 (in nouns) (chemistry) a SALT formed by the action of a particular acid:
sulphate
