8-Letter Words Ending With ATE

Here's the list of all the 416 8-Letter Words Ending With ATE in the English Language.

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graduate
1. receive an academic degree upon completion of one's studies; completion of a course or training
2. confer an academic degree upon
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separate
1. act as a barrier between; stand between
2. force, take, or pull apart
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ultimate
1. the finest or most superior quality of its kind
2. being the last or concluding element of a series
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accurate
1. (of ideas, images, representations, expressions) characterized by perfect conformity to fact or truth; strictly correct
2. conforming exactly or almost exactly to fact or to a standard or performing with total accuracy
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indicate
1. be a signal for or a symptom of
2. indicate a place, direction, person, or thing; either spatially or figuratively
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template
1. a model or standard for making comparisons
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estimate
1. an approximate calculation of quantity or degree or worth
2. a judgment of the qualities of something or somebody
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generate
1. produce, create
2. give or supply
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evaluate
1. evaluate or estimate the nature, quality, ability, extent, or significance of
2. form a critical opinion of
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navigate
1. travel on water propelled by wind or by other means
2. act as the navigator in a car, plane, or vessel and plan, direct, plot the path and position of the conveyance
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adequate
1. having the requisite qualities or resources to meet a task
2. sufficient for the purpose
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moderate
1. preside over
2. make less fast or intense
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advocate
1. push for something
2. speak, plead, or argue in favor of
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roommate
1. an associate who shares a room with you
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prostate
1. relating to the prostate gland
2. a firm partly muscular chestnut sized gland in males at the neck of the urethra; produces a viscid secretion that is the fluid part of semen
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intimate
1. give to understand
2. imply as a possibility
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activate
1. put in motion or move to act
2. make active or more active
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initiate
1. bring into being
2. take the lead or initiative in; participate in the development of
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delicate
1. marked by great skill especially in meticulous technique
2. easily broken or damaged or destroyed
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delegate
1. transfer power to someone
2. give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person)
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regulate
1. fix or adjust the time, amount, degree, or rate of
2. bring into conformity with rules or principles or usage; impose regulations
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validate
1. declare or make legally valid
2. prove valid; show or confirm the validity of something
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hesitate
1. pause or hold back in uncertainty or unwillingness
2. interrupt temporarily an activity before continuing
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allocate
1. distribute according to a plan or set apart for a special purpose
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annotate
1. add explanatory notes to or supply with critical comments
2. provide interlinear explanations for words or phrases
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dominate
1. be larger in number, quantity, power, status or importance
2. be in control
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automate
1. make automatic or control or operate automatically
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laminate
1. create laminate by bonding sheets of material with a bonding material
2. press or beat (metals) into thin sheets
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decorate
1. make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.
2. be beautiful to look at
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simulate
1. reproduce someone's behavior or looks
2. create a representation or simulation of
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nominate
1. propose as a candidate for some honor
2. put forward; nominate for appointment to an office or for an honor or position
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tolerate
1. put up with something or somebody unpleasant
2. recognize and respect (rights and beliefs of others)
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motivate
1. give an incentive for action
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mitigate
1. lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of
2. to temper
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relocate
1. become established in a new location
2. move or establish in a new location
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literate
1. a person who can read and write
2. knowledgeable and educated in one or several fields
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tailgate
1. follow at a dangerously close distance
2. a gate at the rear of a vehicle; can be lowered for loading
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recreate
1. form anew in the imagination; recollect and re-form in the mind
2. give new life or energy to
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dedicate
1. give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause
2. open to public use, as of a highway, park, or building
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playmate
1. a companion at play
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ordinate
1. appoint to a clerical posts
2. bring (components or parts) into proper or desirable coordination correlation
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populate
1. be an inhabitant of or reside in
2. fill with inhabitants
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laureate
1. someone honored for great achievements; figuratively someone crowned with a laurel wreath
2. worthy of the greatest honor or distinction
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innovate
1. bring something new to an environment
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evacuate
1. move out of an unsafe location into safety
2. remove content from
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sulphate
1. a salt or ester of sulphuric acid
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teammate
1. a fellow member of a team
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meditate
1. reflect deeply on a subject
2. think intently and at length, as for spiritual purposes
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liberate
1. give equal rights to; of women and minorities
2. grant freedom to; free from confinement
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renovate
1. restore to a previous or better condition
2. make brighter and prettier
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desolate
1. providing no shelter or sustenance
2. crushed by grief
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escalate
1. increase in extent or intensity
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silicate
1. a salt or ester derived from silicic acid
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modulate
1. change the key of, in music
2. vary the pitch of one's speech
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resonate
1. sound with resonance
2. be received or understood
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truncate
1. replace a corner by a plane
2. approximate by ignoring all terms beyond a chosen one
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irritate
1. cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations
2. excite to an abnormal condition, or chafe or inflame
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alienate
1. arouse hostility or indifference in where there had formerly been love, affection, or friendliness
2. transfer property or ownership
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insulate
1. protect from heat, cold, or noise by surrounding with insulating material
2. place or set apart
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obligate
1. force somebody to do something
2. commit in order to fulfill an obligation
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stearate
1. an ester of stearic acid.
2. a salt of stearic acid.
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permeate
1. spread or diffuse through
2. pass through
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flatmate
1. an associate who shares an apartment with you
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incubate
1. grow under conditions that promote development
2. sit on (eggs)
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elongate
1. (of a leaf shape) long and narrow
2. having notably more length than width; being long and slender
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saturate
1. cause (a chemical compound, vapour, solution, magnetic material) to unite with the greatest possible amount of another substance
2. infuse or fill completely
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emigrate
1. leave one's country of residence for a new one
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tartrate
1. a salt or ester of tartaric acid
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benzoate
1. any salt or ester of benzoic acid
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cruciate
1. shaped like a cross
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acrylate
1. a salt or ester of propenoic acid
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detonate
1. cause to burst with a violent release of energy
2. burst and release energy as through a violent chemical or physical reaction
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apostate
1. a disloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion or political party or friend etc.
2. not faithful to religion or party or cause
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marinate
1. soak in marinade
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irrigate
1. supply with water, as with channels or ditches or streams
2. supply with a constant flow or sprinkling of some liquid, for the purpose of cooling, cleansing, or disinfecting
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litigate
1. engage in legal proceedings
2. institute legal proceedings against; file a suit against
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chromate
1. any salt or ester of chromic acid
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excavate
1. recover through digging
2. find by digging in the ground
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celibate
1. an unmarried person who has taken a religious vow of chastity
2. abstaining from sexual intercourse
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tabulate
1. arrange or enter in tabular form
2. shape or cut with a flat surface
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abrogate
1. revoke formally
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filtrate
1. remove by passing through a filter
2. the product of filtration; a gas or liquid that has been passed through a filter
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abdicate
1. give up, such as power, as of monarchs and emperors, or duties and obligations
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tinplate
1. a thin sheet of metal (iron or steel) coated with tin to prevent rusting; used especially for cans, pots, and tins
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aspirate
1. remove by suction
2. pronounce with aspiration; of stop sounds
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ruminate
1. chew the cuds
2. reflect deeply on a subject
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8-Letter Words Ending With ATE