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   The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.  2000.
 
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SUFFIX:1a. Having: nervate. b. Characterized by: Latinate. c. Resembling: lyrate. 2a. One that is characterized by: laminate. b. Rank; office: rabbinate. 3. To act upon in a specified manner: acidulate.
ETYMOLOGY:Ultimately from Latin -tus, past participle suff. of verbs in -re.
 
 
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