8-letter words that end in ate
- lapidate — to pelt with stones.
- latinate — of, like, pertaining to, or derived from Latin.
- laureate — a person who has been honored for achieving distinction in a particular field or with a particular award: a Nobel laureate.
- leachate — a solution resulting from leaching, as of soluble constituents from soil, landfill, etc., by downward percolating ground water: Leachates in the town's water supply have been traced to a chemical-waste dump.
- levigate — to rub, grind, or reduce to a fine powder, as in a mortar, with or without the addition of a liquid.
- levirate — the custom of marriage by a man with his brother's widow, such marriage required in Biblical law if the deceased was childless. Deut. 25:5–10.
- levitate — to rise or float in the air, especially as a result of a supernatural power that overcomes gravity.
- liberate — to set free, as from imprisonment or bondage.
- lichgate — Alternative spelling of lych-gate.
- lifemate — A companion for life.
- liftgate — hatch2 (def 9b).
- ligulate — having or forming a ligula.
- limitate — Bounded by a distinct line.
- literate — able to read and write.
- litigate — to make the subject of a lawsuit; contest at law.
- lobulate — consisting of, divided into, or having lobes.
- loculate — having one or more locules.
- loricate — covered with a lorica.
- low-rate — to place a low value on: a policy of low-rating most modern artists.
- luminate — (obsolete) To illuminate.
- lunulate — having lunular markings.
- lustrate — to purify by a propitiatory offering or other ceremonial method.
- lychgate — A roofed gateway to a churchyard, formerly used during burials for sheltering a coffin until the clergyman’s arrival.
- macerate — to soften or separate into parts by steeping in a liquid.
- maculate — spotted; stained.
- makebate — a person who causes contention or discord.
- malaxate — To soften, especially by kneading with the hands.
- malleate — to beat or shape with a hammer, as in metalworking.
- malonate — (organic chemistry) Any salt or ester of malonic acid.
- marinate — to steep (food) in a marinade.
- maturate — Pathology. to suppurate.
- meconate — a salt of meconic acid
- medicate — to treat with medicine or medicaments.
- meditate — to engage in thought or contemplation; reflect.
- memorate — (folklore) An oral narrative from memory relating a personal experience, especially the precursor of a legend.
- messmate — a person, especially a friend, who is a member of a group regularly taking meals together, as in an army camp.
- mesylate — (organic chemistry) methanesulfonate.
- militate — to have a substantial effect; weigh heavily: His prison record militated against him.
- misstate — to state wrongly or misleadingly; make a wrong statement about.
- mitigate — to lessen in force or intensity, as wrath, grief, harshness, or pain; moderate.
- moderate — kept or keeping within reasonable or proper limits; not extreme, excessive, or intense: a moderate price.
- modulate — to regulate by or adjust to a certain measure or proportion; soften; tone down.
- moschate — having a musky smell.
- motivate — to provide with a motive, or a cause or reason to act; incite; impel.
- mudspate — mudflow.
- muricate — covered with short, sharp points.
- mutilate — to injure, disfigure, or make imperfect by removing or irreparably damaging parts: Vandals mutilated the painting.
- nauseate — to affect with nausea; sicken.
- navigate — to move on, over, or through (water, air, or land) in a ship or aircraft: to navigate a river.
- nizamate — the position held or territory governed by a Nizam.