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pate

  [peyt]
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–noun
1. the crown or top of the head.
2. the head.
3. the brain.
Origin:
1275–1325; ME, < ?
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pâte

  [paht]
–noun
porcelain paste used in ceramic work.
Origin:
1860–65; < F; see paste

pâ⋅té

  [pah-tey, pa‑; Fr. pah-tey, pa‑]
–noun, plural -tés  [‑teyz; Fr. ‑tey] ,
1. French Cookery. a paste or spread made of puréed or finely chopped liver, meat, fish, game, etc., served as an hors d'oeuvre.
2. foie gras.
Origin:
1695–1705; < F; see paste, -ee
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paste 1   (pāst)   
n.  

  1. A soft, smooth, thick mixture or material, as:

    1. A smooth viscous mixture, as of flour and water or of starch and water, that is used as an adhesive for joining light materials, such as paper and cloth.

    2. The moist clay or clay mixture used in making porcelain or pottery. Also called pâte.

    3. A smooth dough of water, flour, and butter or other shortening, used in making pastry.

    4. A food that has been pounded until it is reduced to a smooth creamy mass: anchovy paste.

    5. A sweet doughy candy or confection: rolled apricot paste.

    6. A hard, brilliant, lead-containing glass used in making artificial gems.

    7. A gem made of this glass. Also called strass.

    1. A hard, brilliant, lead-containing glass used in making artificial gems.

    2. A gem made of this glass. Also called strass.

v.   past·ed, past·ing, pastes

v.   tr.

  1. To cause to adhere by or as if by applying paste.

  2. To cover with something by or as if by pasting: He pasted the wall with burlap. The wall is pasted with splotches.

  3. Computer Science To insert (text, graphics, or other data) into a document or file.

v.   intr.
Computer Science To insert text, graphics, or other data into a document or file.

[Middle English, from Old French, from Late Latin pasta, from Greek, barley-porridge, from neuter pl. of pastos, sprinkled, salted, from passein, to sprinkle; see kwēt- in Indo-European roots.]
pate   (pāt)   
n.  

  1. The human head, especially the top of the head: a bald pate.

  2. The mind or brain.


[Middle English.]
pat'ed (pā'tĭd) adj.
pâte   (pät)   
n.  See paste1.

[French, from Old French paste, paste; see paste1.]
pâ·té   (pä-tā')   
n.  

  1. A meat paste, such as pâté de foie gras.

  2. A small pastry filled with meat or fish.


[French, from Old French paste, paste, pâté; see paste1.]
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Word Origin & History

pate  (1)
"top of the head," 1197, perhaps a shortened form of O.Fr. patene or M.L. patena, both from L. patina "pan, dish."

pate  (2)
"paste," 1706, from Fr. pâté, from O.Fr. paste, earlier pastée, from paste (see paste (n.)). Pâté de foie gras (1827) is lit. "pie of fat liver;" originally served in a pastry (as still in Alsace), the phrase now chiefly in Eng. with ref. to the filling.
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pate

(French: "paste"), in French cuisine, a filled pastry, analogous to the English pie. The term pate is also used, with modifiers, to denote two other distinct preparations: pate en terrine, a meat, game, or fish mixture wrapped in suet or other animal fat or lining and cooked in a deep oval or oblong dish, without pastry, and served cold; and pate en croute, a meat, game, or fish filling cooked in a crust and served hot or cold. It is from pate en terrine, more properly abbreviated terrine, that the pate of British and American usage derives.

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