dotate Meaning & Definition
What Does Dotate Mean?
Dotate is used as a verb meaning To endow.
Dotate Definition (Verb)
- To endow.
Synonyms of Dotate
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Dotate synonyms and antonyms →Word Forms & Grammar
dotate (third-person singular simple present dotates, present participle dotating, simple past and past participle dotated)
Origin of Dotate
First attested in c. 1540; borrowed from Latin dōtātus, perfect passive participle of Latin dōtō (“to endow, apportion”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from dōs (“dowry, gift”, oblique stem in dōt-) + -ō, from Proto-Italic *dōtis, from Proto-Indo-European *déh₃tis, from Proto-Indo-European *deh₃- (“to give”).