patinate

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English

Etymology 1

From patina +‎ -ate (adjective-forming suffix).

Adjective

patinate (not comparable)

  1. Having a patina.
    • 1996, J. Jansonius, Duncan Colin McGregor, Palynology, principles and applications: Volume 1:
      However, of the 377 sporangia so far investigated from Perton Lane, none has yielded patinate spores; this may indicate that []
    • 2000, Sa'id Al-Hajri, Bernard Owens, Saudi Aramco, Stratigraphic palynology of the Palaeozoic of Saudi Arabia, page 99:
      Description: Identical to the original description but here we exclude patinate specimens.
Synonyms

Etymology 2

From patina +‎ -ate (verb-forming suffix).

Verb

patinate (third-person singular simple present patinates, present participle patinating, simple past and past participle patinated)

  1. (transitive) To coat with a patina.
  2. (intransitive) To become coated with a patina.
Translations

Italian

Etymology 1

Adjective

patinate

  1. feminine plural of patinato

Participle

patinate f pl

  1. feminine plural of patinato

Etymology 2

Verb

patinate

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

Anagrams

Spanish

Verb

patinate

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