Words that rhyme with stagnate

• abate 0
  v 1: make less active or intense [syn: slake, abate, slack] 2: become less in amount or intensity; "The storm abated"; "The rain let up after a few hours" [syn: abate, let up, slack off, slack, die away]
• agnate 0
  adj 1: related on the father's side; "a paternal aunt" [syn: agnate, agnatic, paternal] n 1: one related on the father's side [syn: agnate, patrikin, patrilineal kin, patrisib, patrilineal sib]
• alienate 0
  v 1: arouse hostility or indifference in where there had formerly been love, affection, or friendliness; "She alienated her friends when she became fanatically religious" [syn: estrange, alienate, alien, disaffect] 2: transfer property or ownership; "The will aliened the property to the heirs" [syn: alien, alienate] 3: make withdrawn or isolated or emotionally dissociated; "the boring work alienated his employees"
• ate 0
  n 1: goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment
• await 0
  v 1: look forward to the probable occurrence of; "We were expecting a visit from our relatives"; "She is looking to a promotion"; "he is waiting to be drafted" [syn: expect, look, await, wait]
• backdate 0
  v 1: make effective from an earlier date; "The increase in tax was backdated to January"
• bait 0
  n 1: anything that serves as an enticement [syn: bait, come- on, hook, lure, sweetener] 2: something used to lure fish or other animals into danger so they can be trapped or killed [syn: bait, decoy, lure] v 1: harass with persistent criticism or carping; "The children teased the new teacher"; "Don't ride me so hard over my failure"; "His fellow workers razzed him when he wore a jacket and tie" [syn: tease, razz, rag, cod, tantalize, tantalise, bait, taunt, twit, rally, ride] 2: lure, entice, or entrap with bait 3: attack with dogs or set dogs upon
• bate 0
  v 1: moderate or restrain; lessen the force of; "He bated his breath when talking about this affair"; "capable of bating his enthusiasm" 2: flap the wings wildly or frantically; used of falcons 3: soak in a special solution to soften and remove chemicals used in previous treatments; "bate hides and skins"
• berate 0
  v 1: censure severely or angrily; "The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger's car"; "The deputy ragged the Prime Minister"; "The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup" [syn: call on the carpet, take to task, rebuke, rag, trounce, reproof, lecture, reprimand, jaw, dress down, call down, scold, chide, berate, bawl out, remonstrate, chew out, chew up, have words, lambaste, lambast]
• cognate 0
  adj 1: related in nature; "connate qualities" [syn: connate, cognate] 2: having the same ancestral language; "cognate languages" 3: related by blood [syn: akin(p), blood-related, cognate, consanguine, consanguineous, consanguineal, kin(p)] n 1: one related by blood or origin; especially on sharing an ancestor with another [syn: blood relation, blood relative, cognate, sib] 2: a word is cognate with another if both derive from the same word in an ancestral language [syn: cognate, cognate word]
• collate 0
  v 1: compare critically; of texts 2: to assemble in proper sequence; "collate the papers"
• concatenate 0
  v 1: combine two strings to form a single one 2: add by linking or joining so as to form a chain or series; "concatenate terms"; "concatenate characters"
• conflate 0
  v 1: mix together different elements; "The colors blend well" [syn: blend, flux, mix, conflate, commingle, immix, fuse, coalesce, meld, combine, merge]
• connate 0
  adj 1: of similar parts or organs; closely joined or united; "a connate tomato flower" [ant: adnate] 2: related in nature; "connate qualities" [syn: connate, cognate]
• crate 0
  n 1: a rugged box (usually made of wood); used for shipping 2: the quantity contained in a crate [syn: crate, crateful] v 1: put into a crate; as for protection; "crate the paintings before shipping them to the museum" [ant: uncrate]
• create 0
  v 1: make or cause to be or to become; "make a mess in one's office"; "create a furor" [syn: make, create] 2: bring into existence; "The company was created 25 years ago"; "He created a new movement in painting" 3: pursue a creative activity; be engaged in a creative activity; "Don't disturb him--he is creating" 4: invest with a new title, office, or rank; "Create one a peer" 5: create by artistic means; "create a poem"; "Schoenberg created twelve-tone music"; "Picasso created Cubism"; "Auden made verses" [syn: create, make] 6: create or manufacture a man-made product; "We produce more cars than we can sell"; "The company has been making toys for two centuries" [syn: produce, make, create]
• date 0
  n 1: the specified day of the month; "what is the date today?" [syn: date, day of the month] 2: a participant in a date; "his date never stopped talking" [syn: date, escort] 3: a meeting arranged in advance; "she asked how to avoid kissing at the end of a date" [syn: date, appointment, engagement] 4: a particular but unspecified point in time; "they hoped to get together at an early date" [syn: date, particular date] 5: the present; "they are up to date"; "we haven't heard from them to date" 6: the particular day, month, or year (usually according to the Gregorian calendar) that an event occurred; "he tried to memorizes all the dates for his history class" 7: a particular day specified as the time something happens; "the date of the election is set by law" 8: sweet edible fruit of the date palm with a single long woody seed v 1: go on a date with; "Tonight she is dating a former high school sweetheart" 2: stamp with a date; "The package is dated November 24" [syn: date, date stamp] 3: assign a date to; determine the (probable) date of; "Scientists often cannot date precisely archeological or prehistorical findings" 4: date regularly; have a steady relationship with; "Did you know that she is seeing an older man?"; "He is dating his former wife again!" [syn: go steady, go out, date, see] 5: provide with a dateline; mark with a date; "She wrote the letter on Monday but she dated it Saturday so as not to reveal that she procrastinated"
• debate 0
  n 1: a discussion in which reasons are advanced for and against some proposition or proposal; "the argument over foreign aid goes on and on" [syn: argument, argumentation, debate] 2: the formal presentation of a stated proposition and the opposition to it (usually followed by a vote) [syn: debate, disputation, public debate] v 1: argue with one another; "We debated the question of abortion"; "John debated Mary" 2: think about carefully; weigh; "They considered the possibility of a strike"; "Turn the proposal over in your mind" [syn: consider, debate, moot, turn over, deliberate] 3: discuss the pros and cons of an issue [syn: debate, deliberate] 4: have an argument about something [syn: argue, contend, debate, fence]
• desalinate 0
  v 1: remove salt from; "desalinate water" [syn: desalinate, desalt, desalinize, desalinise] [ant: salinate]
• designate 0
  adj 1: appointed but not yet installed in office v 1: assign a name or title to [syn: designate, denominate] 2: give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person) [syn: delegate, designate, depute, assign] 3: indicate a place, direction, person, or thing; either spatially or figuratively; "I showed the customer the glove section"; "He pointed to the empty parking space"; "he indicated his opponents" [syn: indicate, point, designate, show] 4: decree or designate beforehand; "She was destined to become a great pianist" [syn: destine, fate, doom, designate] 5: design or destine; "She was intended to become the director" [syn: intend, destine, designate, specify]
• donate 0
  v 1: give to a charity or good cause; "I donated blood to the Red Cross for the victims of the earthquake"; "donate money to the orphanage"; "She donates to her favorite charity every month"
• impregnate 0
  v 1: fill, as with a certain quality; "The heavy traffic tinctures the air with carbon monoxide" [syn: impregnate, infuse, instill, tincture] 2: infuse or fill completely; "Impregnate the cloth with alcohol" [syn: impregnate, saturate] 3: fertilize and cause to grow; "the egg was impregnated" 4: make pregnant; "He impregnated his wife again" [syn: impregnate, knock up, bang up, prang up]
• indoctrinate 0
  v 1: teach doctrines to; teach uncritically; "The Moonies indoctrinate their disciples"
• innate 0
  adj 1: not established by conditioning or learning; "an unconditioned reflex" [syn: unconditioned, innate, unlearned] [ant: conditioned, learned] 2: being talented through inherited qualities; "a natural leader"; "a born musician"; "an innate talent" [syn: natural, born(p), innate(p)] 3: present at birth but not necessarily hereditary; acquired during fetal development [syn: congenital, inborn, innate]
• magnate 0
  n 1: a very wealthy or powerful businessman; "an oil baron" [syn: baron, big businessman, business leader, king, magnate, mogul, power, top executive, tycoon]
• neonate 0
  n 1: a baby from birth to four weeks [syn: neonate, newborn, newborn infant, newborn baby]
• ornate 0
  adj 1: marked by elaborate rhetoric and elaborated with decorative details; "a flowery speech"; "ornate rhetoric taught out of the rule of Plato"-John Milton [syn: flowery, ornate]
• peregrinate 0
  v 1: travel around, through, or over, especially on foot; "peregrinate the bridge"
• phonate 0
  v 1: utter speech sounds [syn: vocalize, vocalise, phonate]
• pinnate 0
  adj 1: (of a leaf shape) featherlike; having leaflets on each side of a common axis [syn: pinnate, pinnated]
• pollinate 0
  v 1: fertilize by transfering pollen [syn: pollinate, pollenate, cross-pollinate]
• ternate 0
  adj 1: (of a leaf shape) consisting of three leaflets or sections
• pronate 0
  v 1: turn the forearm or the hand so that the palm is directed downwards
• latinate 0
  adj 1: derived from or imitative of Latin
• predestinate 0
  adj 1: established or prearranged unalterably; "his place in history was foreordained"; "a sense of predestinate inevitability about it"; "it seemed predestined since the beginning of the world" [syn: foreordained, predestinate, predestined] v 1: foreordain by divine will or decree [syn: predestine, predestinate, foreordain]
• khanate 0
  n 1: the realm of a khan 2: the position of a khan
• adnate 0
  adj 1: of unlike parts or organs; growing closely attached; "a calyx adnate to the ovary" [ant: connate]
• bipinnate 0
  adj 1: of a leaf shape; having doubly pinnate leaflets (as ferns)
• tripinnate 0
  adj 1: (of a leaf shape) thrice pinnate [syn: tripinnate, tripinnated]
• fluorinate 0
• italianate 0
• propionate 0
• aydt 0
• tannate 0
• zonate 0
• ait 0
• marginate 0
• reclinate 0
• selenate 0
• stannate 0
• triternate 0

See also stagnate definition and stagnate synonyms