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ovate

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Synonyms: orate, ovale, otate, novate, onate, ovata, bovate, uvate, vate, oate, odate

Antonyms: orate, ovale, otate, novate, onate, ovata, bovate, uvate, vate, oate, odate

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Adjective

  1. Shaped like an egg. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
  2. With the broadest extremity near the base.

Noun

  1. An egg-shaped hand axe.

Noun

  1. An Irish bard.
  2. A member at a certain grade of the Order of Bards, Ovates and Druids, a neo-druidism order based in England.
  3. A modern-day bard of a gorsedd, especially one acknowledged at an eisteddfod.

Verb

  1. To give someone an ovation.
  2. To applaud enthusiastically.

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