-ating

Suffix (1)

-ate (adjective-forming suffix, comparative more -ate, superlative most -ate)

1. forms adjectives with meaning "having the specified thing"
   • lobate — “having lobes, lobed”

   Synonyms:

   -ed, -ous

2. forms adjectives with meaning "characterized by the specified thing"
   • Italianate — “characterized by Italian features”
3. forms adjectives with meaning "resembling the specified thing"
   • palmate — “resembling a palm leaf”
4. ending of Latin- (ending in -ātus) and French-borrowed (ending in -é) participial adjectives
   • deliberate — “deliberated”

Suffix (2)

-ate

1. (obsolete) up until Early Modern English, formed regular past participles of verbs ending in -ate. Rare afterwards except in archaizing poetry, religious writing and Scotland. The alternative ending -ated was used from as early as Middle English

Suffix (3)

-ate (verb-forming suffix, third-person singular simple present -ates, present participle -ating, simple past and past participle -ated)

1. derives or adapts verbs (mostly) from Latin stems
   • Latin fōrmula (“a formula”) + -ate → formulate

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