-ate

1. 1. Having: nervate.
   2. Characterized by: Latinate.
   3. Resembling: lyrate.
2. 1. One that is characterized by: laminate.
   2. Rank; office: rabbinate.
3. To act upon in a specified manner: acidulate.

[Ultimately from Latin -ātus, past participle suff. of verbs in -āre.]

1. A derivative of a specified chemical compound or element: aluminate.
2. A salt or ester of a specified acid whose name ends in -ic: acetate.

[New Latin -ātum, from Latin, neuter of -ātus.]

1. A derivative of a specified chemical compound or element: aluminate.
2. A salt or ester of a specified acid whose name ends in -ic: acetate.