patinate

Etymology

patina +‎ -ate

Adjective

patinate (not comparable)

1. Having a patina.
   • 1996, J. Jansonius, Duncan Colin McGregor, Palynology, principles and applications: Volume 1‎:

     However, of the 377 sporangia so far investigated from Perton Lane, none has yielded patinate spores; this may indicate that […]

   • 2000, Sa'id Al-Hajri, Bernard Owens, Saudi Aramco, Stratigraphic palynology of the Palaeozoic of Saudi Arabia‎, page 99:

     Description: Identical to the original description but here we exclude patinate specimens.

Verb

patinate (third-person singular simple present patinates, present participle patinating, simple past and past participle patinated)

1. (transitive) To coat with a patina.
2. (intransitive) To become coated with a patina.

Adjective

patinate

1. feminine plural of patinato

Verb

patinate

1. second-person plural present indicative of patinare
2. second-person plural imperative of patinare
3. feminine plural of patinato

Anagrams

• patatine, piantate