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ovate

adj
/ˈəʊ.veɪt/UK/ˈoʊ.veɪt/US/ˈəʉ.væɪt/

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ōvātus, from ōvum (“an egg”) + -ātus; see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and -ate (noun-forming suffix).

  1. borrowed from ōvātus

Definitions

  1. 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.

  2. With the broadest extremity near the base.

  3. An egg-shaped hand axe.

    • Slightly derived handaxes from the Mildenhall glaciofluvial sands, generally in fresh condition and dominated by ovates and cordates.
  4. ›+ 5 more definitions

    1. An Irish bard.

    2. A member at a certain grade of the Order of Bards, Ovates and Druids, a neo-druidism…

      A member at a certain grade of the Order of Bards, Ovates and Druids, a neo-druidism order based in England.

    3. A modern-day bard of a gorsedd, especially one acknowledged at an eisteddfod.

    4. To give someone an ovation.

    5. To applaud enthusiastically.

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Derived

lance-ovate, obovate, ovately, semiovate, subovate

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA