donate

Circa 1845, back-formation from donation on the basis of -ate (verb-forming suffix), chiefly found in American English. Ultimately from Latin dōnāre (“to give”).

• (UK) IPA^(key): /dəʊˈneɪt/, /dəˈneɪt/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈdoʊˌneɪt/, /doʊˈneɪt/

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• Rhymes: -eɪt

donate (third-person singular simple present donates, present participle donating, simple past and past participle donated)

1. (ambitransitive) To make a donation; to give away something of value to support or contribute towards a cause or for the benefit of another.

   She donates 100 dollars to Red Cross every year.

   He donated an etching from his own collection to the new art gallery.

• Deaton, antode, atoned

donate

1. present adverbial passive participle of doni

donate

1. inflection of donare:
   1. second-person plural present indicative
   2. second-person plural imperative

donate f pl

1. feminine plural of donato

• datone, denota, detona, ondate

dōnāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of dōnō

donate

1. second-person singular voseo imperative of donar combined with te