-ate
"-ate" in a Sentence (16 examples)
lobate — “having lobes, lobed”
Italianate — “characterized by Italian features”
palmate — “resembling the palm”
formulate ← fōrmula
phonate ← φωνή (phōnḗ)
affiliate — “a person having been affiliated; literally, affiliated”
diffus(e) + -ate → diffusate (“in a process of dialysis, material that has diffused”)
assassin + -ate → assassinate (“an assassin”)
articulate — “An animal of the taxon Articulata”
acetate — “a salt or ester of acetic acid”
emirate — “the office of an emir”
emirate — “the realm of an emir”
triumvirate — “an official group of three men, triumvirs”
patriarchate — “a social system in which heads of household (patriarchs) hold the power”
emirate — “a state ruled by an emir”
celibate — “the state of being a bachelor, celibacy”
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.