binate

English

Etymology 1

PIE word
*dwóh₁

From Latin binus (“two each, in pairs”) +‎ -ate (adjective-forming suffix)

Adjective

binate (not comparable)

1. (botany) Double; growing in pairs or couples.

Derived terms

• binately

 

Related terms

• unate
• ternate
• quadrinate

References

• Asa Gray (1857) “[Glossary […].] Binate.”, in First Lessons in Botany and Vegetable Physiology, […], New York, N.Y.: Ivison & Phinney and G[eorge] P[almer] Putnam & Co., […], →OCLC.

Etymology 2

From Latin bīnātus, past participle of bīnō (“to binate”), from bīnus (“two each, in pairs”). Equivalent to Latin bīnō +‎ -ate (verb-forming suffix).

Verb

binate (third-person singular simple present binates, present participle binating, simple past and past participle binated)

1. (Catholicism, intransitive) To perform bination; to hold Mass twice on the same day.

Anagrams

• abient, beatin', inbeat

Italian

Etymology 1

Verb

binate

1. inflection of binare:
   1. second-person plural present indicative
   2. second-person plural imperative

Etymology 2

Participle

binate f pl

1. feminine plural of binato

Anagrams

• Benati, abenti, beanti, tebani

Spanish

Verb

binate

1. second-person singular voseo imperative of binar combined with te