orbate

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin orbātus, perfect passive participle of orbō (“to cause to be childless or parentless; to bereave”), from orbus (“bereft of parents or children”); see -ate (adjective-forming suffix).

Adjective

orbate (not comparable)

1. (obsolete) Bereft (of anything); especially: fatherless or childless. [1520-1538]

Related terms

• orbity
• orphan

References

• “orbate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• boater, borate, rebato

Italian

Etymology 1

Participle

orbate f pl

1. feminine plural of orbato

Etymology 2

Verb

orbate

1. inflection of orbare:
   1. second-person plural present indicative
   2. second-person plural imperative

Anagrams

• erbato

Latin

Verb

orbāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of orbō