Real Dictionary

-ate in American English 1
to become
suffix: a suffix occurring in loanwords from Latin, its English distribution paralleling that of Latin. The form originated as a suffix added to a- stem verbs to form adjectives (separate). The resulting form could also be used independently as a noun (advocate)

-ate in American English 2
an office, function, agent, official, or group of officials
suffix: a specialization of -ate1, used to indicate a salt of an acid ending in -ic, added to a form of the stem of the element or group

-ate in American English 3
suffix: a suffix occurring orig. in nouns borrowed from Latin, and in English coinages from Latin bases, that denote offices or functions ( consulate; triumvirate; pontificate), as well as institutions or collective bodies ( electorate; senate); sometimes extende

-ate in British English 1
suffix: possessing; having the appearance or characteristics of

-ate in British English 2
suffix forming nouns: denoting office, rank, or a group having a certain function

ate
Ate is the past tense of eat.

Ate in American English
eat
the goddess personifying criminal folly or reckless ambition in human beings, which brings on punishment by Nemesis
abbreviation: automatic test equipment
noun: an ancient Greek goddess personifying the fatal blindness or recklessness that produces crime and the divine punishment that follows it
verb

Ate in British English
noun: a goddess who makes people blind so that they will blunder into guilty acts

ate in British English 1
verb

ate in British English 2
plural noun: an elder sister