ovate

[oh-veyt] Origin

o·vate

[oh-veyt]
adjective
2.
Botany.
a.
having a shape like the longitudinal section of an egg.
b.
having such a shape with the broader end at the base, as a leaf.

Origin:
1750–60; < Latin ōvātus, equivalent to ōv(um) egg1 + -ātus -ate1

o·vate·ly, adverb
sem·i·o·vate, adjective
sub·o·vate, adjective
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ovate (ˈəʊveɪt)
 
adj
1.  shaped like an egg
2.  Compare obovate (esp of a leaf) shaped like the longitudinal section of an egg, with the broader end at the base
 
[C18: from Latin ōvātus egg-shaped; see ovum]
 
'ovately
 
adv

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ovate
1723, from assumed L. pl. Ovates, from Gk. Ouateis "soothsayers, prophets," mentioned by Strabo as a third order in the Gaulish hierarchy, from P.Celt. *vateis, pl. of *vatis, cognate with L. vatis, O.Ir. faith, Welsh ofydd. The modern word, and the artificial senses attached to it, are from the 18c.
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Celtic revival and the word appears first in Henry Rowlands.
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