/ˈəʊ.veɪt/, /ˈoʊ.veɪt/, /ˈəʉ.væɪt/
OriginBorrowed from Latin ōvātus, from ōvum (“an egg”) + -ātus; see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and -ate (noun-forming suffix).
- Shaped like an egg.
“The Geese, Anserinæ, have the body ovate, the head small, the bill stout and somewhat conical; the legs rather long; the wings of great length and breadth.”
- With the broadest extremity near the base.
- An egg-shaped hand axe.
“Slightly derived handaxes from the Mildenhall glaciofluvial sands, generally in fresh condition and dominated by ovates and cordates.”
- An Irish bard.
- A member at a certain grade of the Order of Bards, Ovates and Druids, a neo-druidism order based in England.
- A modern-day bard of a gorsedd, especially one acknowledged at an eisteddfod.
- rare, transitiveTo give someone an ovation.
- intransitive, rareTo applaud enthusiastically.
Formsmore ovate(comparative) · most ovate(superlative) · ovates(plural) · ovates(present, singular, third-person) · ovating(participle, present) · ovated(participle, past) · ovated(past)