English Explanatory Dictionary

-itate

English dictionary entry

Meanings

suffix
  1. Forming verbs, typically implying intense or repetitive activity.

Word forms

-itate

Etymology

From Latin -itāt-, past participial stem of -itō. On the model of e.g. Classical Latin nōbilitō and found in borrowings e.g. premeditate, debilitate, agitate.

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