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ovate
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English
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
oval + -ate, from Latin ovatus.
Adjective
ovate (comparative more ovate, superlative most ovate)
- Shaped like an egg.
- 1852, William Macgillivray, A history of British birds, indigenous and migratory, page 573:
- The Geese, Anserinæ, have the body ovate, the head small, the bill stout and somewhat conical; the legs rather long; the wings of great length and breadth.
- (botany, of leaves) With the broadest extremity near the base.
Synonyms
Derived terms
Translations
shaped like an egg — see egg-shaped
Noun
ovate (plural ovates)
- (archaeology) An egg-shaped hand axe.
- 2012, Paul Pettitt, Mark White, The British Palaeolithic, page 122:
- Slightly derived handaxes from the Mildenhall glaciofluvial sands, generally in fresh condition and dominated by ovates and cordates.
Etymology 2
See vates.
Noun
ovate (plural ovates)
- An Irish bard.
- A member at a certain grade of the Order of Bards, Ovates and Druids, a neo-druidism order based in England.
- A modern-day bard of a gorsedd, especially one acknowledged at an eisteddfod.
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Latin
Etymology 1
Inflected form of ovātus, perfect passive participle of ovō (“rejoice, applaud”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɔˈwaː.tɛ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [oˈvaː.t̪e]
Participle
ovāte
Etymology 2
Inflected form of ōvātus, from ōvum (“egg”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [oːˈwaː.tɛ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [oˈvaː.t̪e]
Adjective
ōvāte
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Spanish
Verb
ovate
- second-person singular voseo imperative of ovar combined with te
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