What does the suffix ate mean?

Answer 1

ate is the past tense of eat, which means that someone has already eaten and that action is completed long ago. Hope it helps....

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Answer 2

The suffix -ate typically indicates that a word is a verb form, meaning "to make" or "to become." It is commonly used to form verbs from nouns or adjectives.

Answer 3

The suffix of -ate is cause.