-ate

Makes verbs meaning to make or perform, or adjectives and nouns describing a state or role.

Spelled -ate · Latin -atus, a participial ending, and related noun and adjective endings

Latin -atus shaped English endings: liberate sets someone free, consolidate makes things solid, and obdurate describes a hardened will.

Words built from it

activate — Make something start working.
active + -ate (make) → activate
regulate — Control something through rules or adjustments.
Latin regula (rule) → regulare (direct by rules) → regulatus → regulate
consolidate — Combine things into a stronger or more unified whole.
Latin con- (together) + solidus (solid) → consolidare → consolidatus → consolidate
alienate — Make someone feel distant or unwelcome.
Latin alienus (belonging to another) → alienare (make another's; estrange) → alienatus → alienate
liberate — Set someone or something free.
Latin liber (free) → liberare (set free) → liberatus → liberate
obdurate — Stubbornly refusing to change or show sympathy.
Latin ob- (against) + durare (harden) → obdurare → obduratus (hardened) → obdurate
abrogate — Officially abolish a law or agreement.
Latin ab- (away) + rogare (propose a law) → abrogare (repeal) → abrogatus → abrogate

pirate — Ends in ate, but comes from Greek peirates (one who attacks), from peiran (to attempt); the ending is not the Latin suffix.