-ate

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"-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”

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.