"ambiate" meaning in English

See ambiate in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ˈæm.bi.eɪt/ Forms: ambiates [present, singular, third-person], ambiating [participle, present], ambiated [participle, past], ambiated [past]
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts? Proto-Indo-European *h₂m̥bʰíder. Proto-Italic *amβi- Latin ambi- Proto-Indo-European *h₁ey- Proto-Indo-European *h₁éyti Proto-Italic *ejō Proto-Italic *eō Latin eō Latin ambiō Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātuslbor. English -ate English ambiate From Latin ambiō (“strive for”) + English -ate (verb-forming suffix). Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|la:ambiō<t:strive for>|-ate<pos:verb-forming suffix><id:verb>|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts? Proto-Indo-European *h₂m̥bʰíder. Proto-Italic *amβi- Latin ambi- Proto-Indo-European *h₁ey- Proto-Indo-European *h₁éyti Proto-Italic *ejō Proto-Italic *eō Latin eō Latin ambiō Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātuslbor. English -ate English ambiate [Appendix:Glossary#derived_terms|Derived]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "is_uncertain" : true, "id" : "front", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "front", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*h₂ent-", "gloss" : "face, forehead; front", "lang" : "ine-pro" }, { "id" : "amphikinetic", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-s", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*h₂énts", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*h₂m̥bʰí", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*amβi-", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "ambi-", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" }, { "id" : "go", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "alt" : "*ejō", "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "status" : "inline", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "go", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*h₁ey-", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*h₁éyti", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*eō", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "eō", "gloss" : "go", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "ambiō", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" }, { "id" : "verb", "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "lbor.", "keyword_label" : "Learned borrowing from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "adjective", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "forming adjectives", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "adjectival", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "collective nouns", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "collective nouns", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-h₂", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-éh₂", "lang" : "ine-pro" }, { "id" : "verbal adjectives", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-tós", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-eh₂tos", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "inline", "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*-ātos", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-ātus", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "lbor" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "-ate", "lang" : "en", "pos" : "verb-forming suffix" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "ambiate", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="ambiate"> From Latin ambiō (“strive for”) + English -ate (verb-forming suffix). Head templates: {{en-verb}} ambiate (third-person singular simple present ambiates, present participle ambiating, simple past and past participle ambiated)
  1. (obsolete, transitive) To ambition; to covet; to seek after ambitiously or eagerly. Tags: obsolete, transitive

Inflected forms

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      "Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/h₁éyti"
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      "Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/eō"
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      "Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/-h₂#Proto-Indo-European:_collective_nouns"
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      "Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/-éh₂#Proto-Indo-European:_collective_nouns"
    ],
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      "*-tós",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/-tós#Proto-Indo-European:_verbal_adjectives"
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      "-ātus",
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      "-ate",
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      "form": "ambiates",
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    },
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      "form": "ambiating",
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      "form": "ambiated",
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      "name": "en-verb"
    }
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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      "attestations": [
        {
          "date": "17th–19th c.",
          "references": []
        }
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        "English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
        "English terms derived from Proto-Italic",
        "English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₁ey-",
        "English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₂ent-",
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        "English terms suffixed with -ate (verb)",
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          "ref": "1649, Josiah Shute, “The Sixteenth Sermon”, in Sarah and Hagar: or, Genesis the ſixteenth Chapter opened, in XIX Sermons, London: […] J. L. and Humphrey Moſely, page 166:",
          "text": "'Tis a great piece of the corruption of our depraved nature, to ambiate things moſt prohibited : […]",
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          "ref": "1663, Edward Sparke, “Poem 8: On the Epiphany”, in Θυσιαστήριον Vel Scintilla-altaris. Or Primitive Devotion in the Feasts and Fasts of the Church of England, London: […] R. Wood, for H. Brome, page 162:",
          "text": "You few that Wiſdom above Treaſure, Prize,\nAnd Ambiate the Title of the wiſe,\nCome hither, here are Patterns that Surmount,\nWhoſe Travels will Conduct you to the Fount ; […]",
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          "ref": "1769, Pacificus Baker, “Wednesday: In the ſecond Week of Lent”, in A Lenten Monitor, to Christians, 3rd edition, London, page 117:",
          "text": "There is no being ſecure, but by walking in the low and ſafe Way of Humility, without ambiating Honours and Dignities.",
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          "ref": "1888, Henry Cloete, “Letter from her Majesty's Commissioner to the Natal Territory. Pietermaritzburg, 4th July, 1848”, in John Bird, compiler, The Annals of Natal: 1495 to 1845, volume II, P. Davis & Sons, page 207:",
          "text": "During the last year, however, few have ambiated that office ; […]",
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        "To ambition; to covet; to seek after ambitiously or eagerly."
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        "(obsolete, transitive) To ambition; to covet; to seek after ambitiously or eagerly."
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      "ipa": "/ˈæm.bi.eɪt/"
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