optate

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/ɒpˈteɪt/

verb

To choose, settle on, opt.

OriginLatin optātus →
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Meanings

verboptate (third-person singular simple present optates, present participle optating, simple past and past participle optated)

present singular third person optates · participle present optating · participle past optated · past optated

  1. literaryrareTo choose, settle on, opt.

    While we, alas! must still obambulate, Sequacious of the court and courtier's fate : O most infaust who optates there to live! An aulic life no solid joys can give.

    1989, François Rabelais, “An Epistle by Pantagruel's Limosin”, in The Complete Works of Doctor François Rabelais

Origin

  1. Latinoptātus
  2. Englishoptate

First attested in 1611; borrowed from Latin optātus, perfect passive participle of optō, see -ate (verb-forming suffix). Doublet of opt.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with optate

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Anagrams

teapotPoteataptote
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APA

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MLA

“optate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/optate. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

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