What does ate mean?
Definitions for ate
ˈeɪ ti, ˈɑ tiate
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Princeton's WordNet
Atenoun
goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Atethe preterite of eat.
And by his side, his steed the grassy forage ate. Fairy Q.
Even our first parents ate themselves out of paradise; and Job’s children junketted and feasted together often. South.
ChatGPT
ate
Ate is the past tense of the verb "eat," which means to consume food or ingest something as nourishment.
Webster Dictionary
Ate
the preterit of Eat
Atenoun
the goddess of mischievous folly; also, in later poets, the goddess of vengeance
Ate
of Eat
Etymology: [Gr. .]
Wikidata
Atë
Atë, Até or Aite is the Greek goddess of mischief, delusion, ruin, and folly. Até also refers to the action performed by the hero, usually because of hubris, that often leads to his or her death or downfall. Her parents were Zeus and Hera. In Homer's Iliad she is called eldest daughter of Zeus with no mother mentioned. On Hera's instigation she used her influence over Zeus so that he swore an oath that on that day a mortal descended from him would be born who would be a great ruler. Hera immediately arranged to delay the birth of Heracles and to bring forth Eurystheus prematurely. In anger Zeus threw Atë down to earth forever, forbidding that she ever return to heaven or to Mt. Olympus. Atë then wandered about, treading on the heads of men rather than on the earth, wreaking havoc on mortals. The Litae follow after her but Atë is fast and far outruns them. The Bibliotheca claims that when thrown down by Zeus, Atë landed on a peak in Phrygia called by her name. There Ilus later, following a cow, founded the city of Ilion, known as Troy. This flourish is chronologically at odds with Homer's dating of Atë's fall. In Hesiod's Theogony the mother of Atë is Eris, with no father mentioned.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Ate
et, or āt, pa.t. of Eat.
Ate
ā′tē, n. (myth.) the goddess of mischief and of all rash actions and their results. [Gr.]
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Mythology
Ate
(A′te). The goddess of revenge, also called the goddess of discord and all evil. She was banished from heaven by her father Jupiter.
“With Ate by his side come hot from hell.” (Shakespeare.)
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Rank popularity for the word 'ate' in Written Corpus Frequency: #3533
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Anagrams for ate »
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of ate in Chaldean Numerology is: 1
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of ate in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8
Examples of ate in a Sentence
We ate our margin.
You train with him and you ate with him and you slept with him and you fought with him. And in less than three hours, he was gone.
Salmon and other fatty fish are high in both omega-3 fatty acids and vitamin D, both of which can improve sleep quality by promoting serotonin production. In one study, men who ate salmon three times a week fell asleep faster and reported better daily functioning than those who ate chicken, beef, or pork.
One year ago, when we were sick, no matter it was cold, flu or fever, we still went out with friends and ate hotpot together with no problem at all, but now if you have a mild sore throat, when you cough a bit, people next to you will jump ten metres away from you.
fernando ate britny out
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