" ate "

[Noun]  | "Ate" | \ ˈä-tē \

1: a Greek goddess personifying foolhardy and ruinous impulse

Origin: 1583 ;

 Greek Atē;

[Noun]  | "binge eating" 

1: an act or pattern of excessive or compulsive consumption of food; specifically : uncontrolled compulsive eating especially as a symptom of bulimia or binge eating disorder

Origin: 1959 ;

[Noun suffix]  | "-ate" 

1: one acted upon (in a specified way)

2: chemical compound or complex anion derived from a (specified) compound or element; especially : salt or ester of an acid with a name ending in -ic and not beginning with hydro-

Origin: 

 Middle English -at, from Anglo-French, from Latin -atus, -atum, masculine & neuter of -atus, past participle ending;

[Noun suffix]  | "-ate" 

1: office : function : rank : group of persons holding a (specified) office or rank or having a (specified) function

2: state : dominion : jurisdiction

Origin: 

 Middle English -at, from Anglo-French, from Latin -atus, from -a-, stem vowel of 1st conjugation + -tus, suffix of verbal nouns;

[Adjective suffix]  | "-ate" 

1: marked by having

Origin: 

 Middle English -at, from Latin -atus, from past participle ending of 1st conjugation verbs, from -a-, stem vowel of 1st conjugation + -tus, past participle suffix ;

[Verb suffix]  | "-ate" 

1: act on (in a specified way) : cause to be modified or affected by : cause to become : furnish with

Origin: 

 Middle English -aten, from Latin -atus, past participle ending;

[Verb]  | "eat" | \ ˈēt \

1: to take in through the mouth as food : ingest, chew, and swallow in turn

2: to destroy, consume, or waste by or as if by eating

3: to bear the expense of : take a loss on

Origin: before 12th century ;

 Middle English eten, from Old English etan; akin to Old High German ezzan to eat, Latin edere, Greek edmenai;

[Verb]  | "eat up" 

1: —used to tell someone to start or continue eating

Origin: 1942 ;

[Idiom]  | "like the cat that ate/got/swallowed the canary" 

1: —used to say that someone looks very proud or satisfied about something he or she has done

[Verb]  | "ate" 

[Verb]  | "eat" 

[Verb]  | "eat (up)" 

[Phrase]  | "ate alive" 

[Phrase]  | "ate one's heart out" 

[Phrase]  | "eat alive" 

[Phrase]  | "eating one's heart out"