ate

A·te

 (ā′tē, ä′tē, ä′tā)

n. Greek Mythology

The goddess of criminal rashness and consequent punishment.

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[Greek Ātē, personification of ātē, fault, error.]

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ate

 (āt)

v.

Past tense of eat.

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ate

(ɛt; eɪt)

vb

the past tense of eat

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Ate

(ˈeɪtɪ; ˈɑːtɪ)

n

(Classical Myth & Legend) Greek myth a goddess who makes men blind so that they will blunder into guilty acts

[C16: via Latin from Greek atē a rash impulse]

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ate

(eɪt; Brit. ɛt)

v.

pt. of eat.

A•te

(ˈeɪ ti, ˈɑ ti)

n.

an ancient Greek goddess personifying the fatal blindness or recklessness that leads to ruinous actions.

[< Greek átē]

-ate¹

,

a suffix occurring orig. in loanwords from Latin, as adjectives (literate; passionate), nouns (candidate; prelate), and esp. past participles of verbs, which in English may function as verbs or adjectives (consecrate; considerate; translate); now used also as a verb-forming suffix in English (calibrate; hyphenate).

[< Latin -ātus, orig. =-ā- stem vowel of verbs + -t- past participle suffix]

-ate²

,

a specialization of -ate¹, used to form the names of salts corresponding to acids whose names end in -ic: nitrate; sulfate.

-ate³

,

a suffix occurring orig. in nouns borrowed from Latin that denote offices or functions (consulate; triumvirate), as well as institutions or collective bodies (electorate; senate); sometimes extended to denote a person who exercises such a function (magistrate; potentate), an associated place (consulate), or a period of office or rule (protectorate); now joined to stems of any origin and denoting the office, term of office, or territory of a ruler or official (caliphate; khanate).

[< Latin -ātus (genitive -ātūs), generalized from v. ders]

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Ate - goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment

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Translations

pass. di to eat

eat

(iːt) – past tense ate (et eit; (American) eit) : past participle ˈeaten – verb

to (chew and) swallow; to take food. They are forbidden to eat meat; They ate up all the cakes; We must eat to live. eet, geëet, moet eet يَأْكُل ям comer jíst, sníst essen spise τρώωcomer sööma خوردن syödä manger לֶאֱכוֹל खाना jesti eszik makan borða mangiare 食べる (음식을) 먹다, 씹어 삼키다 valgyti ēst makan eten spise, fortære, etejeść خورل comer a mânca есть jesť jesti jesti äta กิน; ทาน yemek 喫，吃 їсти منہ میں ڈالنے ، چبانے اور کھانے کا عمل ăn 吃

ˈeatable (negative uneatable) adjective

fit to be eaten. The meal was scarcely eatable. eetbaar صالِح لِلأْكل годен за ядене comestível k jídlu; jedlý eßbar spiselig εδώδιμοςcomestible söödav قابل خوردن؛ خوراکی syömäkelpoinen mangeableאכיל खाद्य jestiv ehető layak dimakan ætur mangiabile, commestibile 食べられる 먹을 수 있는 valgomas ēdams boleh dimakan eetbaarspiseligjadalny خورا كى شيان، خواړه comestível bun de mâncat съедобный jedlý užiten jestiv ätlig สามารถทานได้ yenebilir 可食用的 їстівний کھانے کے لائق ăn được 可食用的

noun

(in plural) food. Cover all eatables to keep mice away. eetbare أطْعِمَه، مأْكولات храни víveres potraviny Eßwaren (pl.) madvarer φαγώσιμα (πληθ.) comestibles, víveres toit مواد غذایی ruoka victuaillesאוכל भोजन jestvine ennivaló makanan matvæli vivande, viveri 食料品 식료품 maistas pārtika; ēdamais makanan eetwarenmatvarerżywność خورا كى شيان víveres mâncăruri съестное potraviny jestvine hrana matvaror อาหาร yiyecek 食物 їжа, харчі کھانا thức ăn 食物

eat into

to destroy or waste gradually. Acid eats into metal; The school fees have eaten into our savings. opeet, invreet يَأْكُل، يُذيب، يُحَطِّمُ разяждам gastar zažrat se; sáhnout hluboko zerfressen, zehren gøre indhug i; æde op κατατρώγω, καταστρέφω σταδιακά corroer, comer sööbima, ära sööma از بین بردن؛ خوردن kuluttaa attaquer, ronger לְכָלוֹת बरबाद करना progristi, nagrizanjem se uvući beleeszi magát menghancurkan tæra; minnka, ganga á corrodere ～に食い込む 조금씩 소비하다 įsiėsti (par skābi) ieēsties; notērēt (līdzekļus) musnah wegvretenete seg inni, etse, tære på wżerać się, nadwyrężać خورل gastar a ataca; a înghiţi разъедать; растрачивать zažrať sa; siahnuť hlboko zajedati se (v kaj) nagrizati tära (nöta, fräta) på, förstöra ค่อย ๆ ทำลายหรือกำจัด aşındırmak 腐蝕，逐漸耗盡 роз'їдати ضائع کرنا ăn mòn; tiêu phí 腐蚀，耗掉

eat one's words

to admit humbly that one was mistaken in saying something. I'll make him eat his words! jou woorde insluk يَرْجِعُ في كَلامِهِ принуден съм да си взема думите назад engolir as (suas) palavras odvolat seinen Fehler eingestehen tage ordene i sig igen παίρνω πίσω τα λόγια μου tragarse lo dicho oma sõnu sööma حرف خود را پس گرفتن syödä sanansa rétracter לְהוֹדוֹת בְּטָעוּת povući riječ visszaszívja amit mondott mengaku salah éta ofan í sig, taka orð sín aftur ritrattare, rimangiarsi ciò che si è detto 前言を取消す 자신의 잘못을 인정하다 atsiimti savo žodžius ņemt atpakaļ savus vārdus makan kata-kata zijn woorden inslikken ta ordene i seg igjen odszczekać coś خپله خبره بیرته واخیستل یا تصحیح کول engolir as (suas) palavras a-şi retrage cuvintele взять свои слова назад odvolať preklicati poreći få äta upp ngt man har sagt ยอมรับว่าพูดผิด tükürdüğünü yalamak 承認失言 брати свої слова назад جھک مار کر غلطی کا اعتراف کرنا thừa nhận sai lầm 认错道歉，食言

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ate

pret de eat

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