orbate
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin orbātus, perfect passive participle of orbō (“to cause to be childless or parentless; to bereave”), from orbus (“bereft of parents or children”); see -ate (adjective-forming suffix).
Adjective
orbate (not comparable)
- (obsolete) Bereft (of anything); especially: fatherless or childless. [1520-1538]
Related terms
References
- “orbate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Anagrams
Italian
Etymology 1
Participle
orbate f pl
- feminine plural of orbato
Etymology 2
Verb
orbate
- inflection of orbare:
- second-person plural present indicative
- second-person plural imperative
Anagrams
Latin
Verb
orbāte
- second-person plural present active imperative of orbō