optate

== English == === Etymology === First attested in 1611; borrowed from Latin optātus, perfect passive participle of optō, see -ate (verb-forming suffix). Doublet of opt. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɒpˈteɪt/ === Verb === optate (third-person singular simple present optates, present participle optating, simple past and past participle optated) (rare before the 19th century, now literary) To choose, settle on, opt. === References === “optate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. === Anagrams === Poteat, aptote, teapot == Italian == === Etymology 1 === ==== Verb ==== optate inflection of optare: second-person plural present indicative second-person plural imperative === Etymology 2 === ==== Participle ==== optate f pl feminine plural of optato === Anagrams === potate == Latin == === Participle === optāte vocative masculine singular of optātus == Spanish == === Verb === optate second-person singular voseo imperative of optar combined with te