Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - ate

 past of eat ATE  I. noun suffix  Etymology: Middle English -at, from Anglo-French, from Latin -atus, -atum, masculine & neuter of -atus, past participle ending  1. one acted upon (in a specified way) distillate  2. New Latin -atum, from Latin chemical compound or complex anion derived from a (specified) compound or element phenolate; especially salt or ester of an acid with a name ending in -ic and not beginning with hydro- borate  II. noun suffix  Etymology: Middle English -at, from Anglo-French, from Latin -atus, from -a-, stem vowel of 1st conjunction + -tus, suffix of verbal nouns  1. office ; function ; rank ; group of persons holding a (specified) office or rank or having a (specified) function vicarate  2. state ; dominion ; jurisdiction emirate khanate  III. adjective suffix  Etymology: Middle English -at, from Latin -atus, from past participle ending of 1st conjunction verbs, from -a-, stem vowel of 1st conjunction + -tus, past participle suffix — more at -ed marked by having craniate  IV. verb suffix  Etymology: Middle English ~n, from Latin -atus, past participle ending act on (in a specified way) insulate ; cause to be modified or affected by camphorate ; cause to become activate ; furnish with capacitate ATE  noun  Etymology: Greek Ate  Date: 1583 a Greek goddess personifying foolhardy and ruinous impulse