Binate
adj, verb
adj, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 To perform bination; to hold Mass twice on the same day. intransitive
Adjective
- 1 Double; growing in pairs or couples. not-comparable
Adjective
- 1 growing in two parts or in pairs wordnet
Etymology
Etymology 1
PIE word *dwóh₁ From Latin binus (“two each, in pairs”) + -ate (adjective-forming suffix)
Etymology 2
From Latin bīnātus, past participle of bīnō (“to binate”), from bīnus (“two each, in pairs”). Equivalent to Latin bīnō + -ate (verb-forming suffix).
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