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English
Etymology 1
From Latin binus (“two each, in pairs”) + -ate (adjective-forming suffix)
Adjective
binate (not comparable)
- (botany) Double; growing in pairs or couples.
Derived terms
References
- Asa Gray (1857) “.] Binate.”, in First Lessons in Botany and Vegetable Physiology, , New York, N.Y.: Ivison & Phinney and G P Putnam & Co., , →OCLC.
Etymology 2
From Latin bīnātus, past participle of bīnō (“to binate”), from bīnus (“two each, in pairs”). Equivalent to Latin bīnō + -ate (verb-forming suffix).
Verb
binate (third-person singular simple present binates, present participle binating, simple past and past participle binated)
- (Catholicism, intransitive) To perform bination; to hold Mass twice on the same day.
Anagrams
Italian
Etymology 1
Verb
binate
- inflection of binare:
- second-person plural present indicative
- second-person plural imperative
Etymology 2
Participle
binate f pl
- feminine plural of binato
Anagrams
Spanish
Verb
binate
- second-person singular voseo imperative of binar combined with te