optate

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Definition of optate word

noun optate (obsolete) To choose; to wish for; to desire. 1

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Parts of speech for Optate

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Optate

optate popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 89% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.

According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

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Synonyms for optate

verb optate

extract — Remove or take out, especially by effort or force.
glean — to gather slowly and laboriously, bit by bit.
pluck — to pull off or out from the place of growth, as fruit, flowers, feathers, etc.: to pluck feathers from a chicken.
select — to choose in preference to another or others; pick out.
sift — to separate and retain the coarse parts of (flour, ashes, etc.) with a sieve.

All 85 Synonyms of optate

Antonyms for optate

verb optate

insert — to put or place in: to insert a key in a lock.
put in — to move or place (anything) so as to get it into or out of a specific location or position: to put a book on the shelf.
reject — to refuse to have, take, recognize, etc.: to reject the offer of a better job.
abstain — If you abstain from something, usually something you want to do, you deliberately do not do it.
begin — To begin to do something means to start doing it.

All 49 Antonyms of optate

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