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patinate

patinate adjective: having a patina.

Adjective

patinate (not comparable)

  1. Having a patina.
    • However, of the 377 sporangia so far investigated from Perton Lane, none has yielded patinate spores; this may indicate that […]1996, J. Jansonius, Duncan Colin McGregor, Palynology, principles and applications: Volume 1
    • Description: Identical to the original description but here we exclude patinate specimens.2000, Sa'id Al-Hajri, Bernard Owens, Saudi Aramco, Stratigraphic palynology of the Palaeozoic of Saudi Arabia, page 99
    Synonyms:
    patinated

Verb

patinate (third-person singular simple present patinates, present participle patinating, simple past and past participle patinated)

  1. (transitive) To coat with a patina.
  2. (intransitive) To become coated with a patina.

Synonyms of patinate

Forms of patinate

third-person singular presentpatinates
present participlepatinating
past participlepatinated
pastpatinated

Origin of patinate

From patina + -ate (adjective-forming suffix).

From patina + -ate (verb-forming suffix).

Questions about patinate

What does patinate mean?
Patinate means having a patina.
What part of speech is patinate?
Patinate can be an adjective or a verb.

Words near patinate in the dictionary

  1. patin
  2. patina
  3. patinae
  4. patinaed
  5. patinas
  6. patinate
  7. patinated
  8. patinates
  9. patinating
  10. patination
  11. patinations

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