Words ending in -ate
-ate means to make, to act on. It comes from Latin.
alleviate — to make lighter
27 words on this site end with -ate
- Adulterate
corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance; often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones
- Amalgamate
to bring or combine together or with something else
- Calibrate
make fine adjustments or divide into marked intervals for optimal measuring
- Captivate
attract; cause to be enamored
- Debilitate
make weak
- Dispassionate
unaffected by strong emotion or prejudice
- Emulate
imitate the function of (another system), as by modifying the hardware or the software
- Enervate
weaken mentally or morally
- Expurgate
edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate
- Fabricate
put together out of artificial or natural components or parts; ; ; He manufactured a popular cereal"
- Illuminate
add embellishments and paintings to (medieval manuscripts)
- Macerate
soften, usually by steeping in liquid, and cause to disintegrate as a result
- Mandate
a territory surrendered by Turkey or Germany after World War I and put under the tutelage of some other European power until they are able to stand by themselves
- Moderate
a person who takes a position in the political center
- Modulate
change the key of, in music
- Motivate
give an incentive for action
- Obdurate
showing unfeeling resistance to tender feelings
- Palliate
lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of
- Placate
cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of
- Potentate
a ruler who is unconstrained by law
- Promulgate
put a law into effect by formal declaration
- Reiterate
to say, state, or perform again
- Stipulate
specify as a condition or requirement in a contract or agreement; make an express demand or provision in an agreement
- Temperate
(of weather or climate) free from extremes; mild; or characteristic of such weather or climate
- Undulate
stir up (water) so as to form ripples
- Validate
declare or make legally valid
- Venerate
regard with feelings of respect and reverence; consider hallowed or exalted or be in awe of
Other words with -ate
Not part of our word list, but they carry the same suffix — useful for recognising it in the wild.
connate · cordate · deviate · emulate · galeate · mandate · palpate · placate · probate · pulsate · restate · solvate · acerbate · decorate · enervate · macerate · malleate · moderate · modulate · motivate · obdurate · palliate · speciate · tractate · undulate · validate · venerate · auspicate · calibrate · captivate · expurgate · fabricate