argentate

English

Etymology

Latin argentatus (“silvery”).

Adjective

argentate (comparative more argentate, superlative most argentate)

1. (botany, dated, rare) silvery white

Verb

argentate (third-person singular simple present argentates, present participle argentating, simple past and past participle argentated)

1. To treat with a silver salt

Derived terms

• argentation

References

• “argentate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• gnateater

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Italian

Etymology 1

Verb

argentate

1. inflection of argentare:
   1. second-person plural present indicative
   2. second-person plural imperative

Etymology 2

Participle

argentate f pl

1. feminine plural of argentato

Anagrams

• antergate, regatante

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Latin

Adjective

(deprecated template usage) argentāte

1. vocative masculine singular of argentātus