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Etymology 1
From ambrosia + -ate (adjective-forming suffix).
Adjective
ambrosiate (comparative more ambrosiate, superlative most ambrosiate)
- Ambrosial.
1601 (first performance), Thomas Dekker, Satiro-mastix. Or The Untrussing of the Humorous Poet. , London: [Edward Allde] for Edward White, , published 1602, →OCLC, signatures K3, verso – K4, recto:Why ſo, euen thus the Mercury of Heauen, / Vſhers th’ambroſiate banquet of the Gods, / When a long traine of Angels in a ranke, / Serue the firſt courſe, and bow their Chriſtall knees, / Before the Siluer table; […]
1848, Susan Williamson, The Dirge; Or, A Voice in the Night:'Tis very wild to look on through time in the passing bell, while man as an animal rages, his infernate passion being blind! for men and beasts, birds, and fishes, are all known by their essenced voices—vegitative music having a wide gamut in ambrosiate gales and rank poisons.
Etymology 2
From ambrosia + -ate
Noun
ambrosiate
- A crystalline substance, C23H25O5Br, that is one of the common irritants that can be refined from ragweed (Ambrosia artemisiifolia).
1974, Bulletin signalétique 161: Cristallographie:The absolute configuration of ambrosic acid a crystallographic study of p-bromophenacyl ambrosiate.
2012, Akira Ohsaka, Kyozo Hayashi, Yoshio Sawai, Animal, Plant, and Microbial Toxins:p-Bromophenacyl ambrosiate was prepared by the usual method as one of the most suitable crystals for our x-ray analysis: C23H25O5Br (M+ 461); […]