colorate
/ˈkʌləɹeɪt/
colorate verb: to apply color to something; to make colorful.
Verb
colorate (third-person singular simple present colorates, present participle colorating, simple past and past participle colorated)
Adjective
IPA/ˈkʌləɹət/
colorate (comparative more colorate, superlative most colorate)
- Colored.
- had the tunicles and humours of the eye , all , or any of them , been colorate , many of the rays proceeding from the viſible object would have been stopped and ſuffocated before they could come to the bottom1691, John Ray, The Wisdom of God Manifested in the Works of the Creation. […], London: […] Samuel Smith, […], →OCLC
Forms of colorate
| Verb | |
|---|---|
| third-person singular present | colorates |
| present participle | colorating |
| past participle | colorated |
| past | colorated |
| Adjective | |
| comparative | more colorate |
| superlative | most colorate |
Origin of colorate
From color + -ate (verb-forming suffix).
From Latin colōrātus, past participle of colōrō (“to color”). Equivalent to color + -ate (adjective-froming suffix)
Words formed from colorate
Questions about colorate
- What does colorate mean?
- Colorate means to apply color to something; to make colorful.
- What part of speech is colorate?
- Colorate can be a verb or an adjective.
- How do you pronounce colorate?
- Colorate is pronounced /ˈkʌləɹeɪt/.
- What is the past tense of colorate?
- The past tense of colorate is colorated.
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