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ate

/eɪt/ · verb

Meaning

  1. To ingest; to be ingested.
  2. To use up.
  3. To cause (someone) to worry.
  4. To take the loss in a transaction.
  5. To be injured or killed by (something such as a firearm or its projectile), especially in the mouth.
  6. To corrode or erode.

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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