This morpheme tends to mean "state or quality of". Some of the most representative words that include it are: desolate, ultimate, literate. It's typically applied to adjectives.
See the full list below:
- private
- late
- appropriate
- separate
- immediate
- corporate
- adequate
- accurate
- ultimate
- desperate
- inadequate
- delicate
- unfortunate
- legitimate
- moderate
- elaborate
- intermediate
- deliberate
- fortunate
- inappropriate
- aggregate
- intimate
- passionate
- subordinate
- up-to-date
- intricate
- immaculate
- inaccurate
- innate
- temperate
- approximate
- illegitimate
- alternate
- literate
- associate
- ornate
- affectionate
- disparate
- articulate
- disproportionate
- desolate
- compassionate
- illiterate
- indeterminate
- considerate
- degenerate
- indiscriminate
- proportionate
- penultimate
- appellate
- inanimate
- first-rate
- commensurate
- obstinate
- duplicate
- determinate
- irate
- invertebrate
- celibate
- vertebrate
- collegiate
- sedate
- inordinate
- consummate
- out-of-date
- multivariate
- steady-state
- prostrate
- second-rate
- inarticulate
- dispassionate
- profligate
- inveterate
- intestate
- flat-rate
- animate
- cognate
- extortionate
- incarnate
- superordinate
- interstate
- proximate
- obdurate
- inconsiderate
- effeminate
- inchoate
- inviolate
- indelicate
- intemperate
- importunate
- third-rate
- numerate
- bivariate
- solid-state
- apostate
- love-hate
- upstate
- over-elaborate
- unregenerate
- expatriate
- designate
- real-estate
- lanceolate
- innominate
- companionate
- laminate
- computer-literate
- seperate
- immoderate
- arcuate
- incommensurate
- latinate
- roseate
- insubordinate
- discriminate
- non-degenerate
- nominate
- quorate
- reprobate
- cut-rate
- trifoliate
- regenerate
- ordinate
- out-of-state
- coelomate
- amalgamate
- precipitate
- year-to-date
- federate
- tabulate
- tabulate
- lobate
- cuspate
- inquorate
- discarnate
- ovate
- excommunicate
- innumerate
- chalybeate
- laureate
- sensate
- indurate
- fastigiate
- overelaborate
- connate
- palatinate
- uncompassionate
- ternate
- imbricate
- insensate
- pollinate
- quadrate
- attenuate
- disincarnate
- ingrate
- unintimate
- conglomerate
- exonerate
- biliterate
- unpassionate
- unelaborate
- agglomerate
- multinucleate
- palmate
- nucleate
- exasperate
- pennate
- consecrate
- undeliberate
- aculeate
- gyrate
- choate
- overconsiderate
- greate
- figurate
- preliterate
- levirate
- misfortunate
- aureate
- siphonate
- serrate
- antepenultimate
- decerebrate
- intercollegiate
- bipectinate
- adulterate
- unaffectionate
- tenth-rate
- polliniate
- unimplicate
- bimarginate
- bipeltate
- venenate
- mammate
- inthronizate
- commeasurate
- pirate
- inseparate
- bipennate
- punctulate
- lorate
- alienigenate
- self-conjugate
- pilate
- hexiradiate
- estipulate
- petiolulate
- multicarinate
- replicate
- endobyssate
- peronate
- contortuplicate
- valleculate
- agminate
- semidenticulate
- monoclinate
- flabellate
- bidigitate
- stamenate
- lenticellate
- acervate
- clathrate
- subfoliate
- pentaradiate
- inaperturate
- postgraduate
- fulcrate
- stipitate
- raisinate
- sulcate
- dorsate
- asperulate
- postdoctorate
- cultrate
- byssate
- exaltate
- miniate
- colpate
- velate
- gigantiporate
- mandibulate
- scammoniate
- falcate
- bracteate
- ocreate
- aciculate
- effigurate
- terebinthinate
- thermoparticulate
- amphicoronate
- enucleate
- aseptate
- larvate
- agnate
- incarnate
- individuate
- initiate
- slate
- subulate
- hamulate
- isoconjugate
- festinate
- trapezate
- explicate
- colporate
- bracteolate
- reticulate
- outdate
- retroserrate
- applicate
- semiseparate
- inappendiculate
- subparticulate
- habilitate
- aperturate
- nonmultivariate
- lenticulate
- scorpionate
- impennate
- collocate
- tubulate
- Italianate
- unicornuate
- debranchiate
- lenticulostriate
- acaudate
- mediate
- induplicate
- auriphrygiate
- nonaffectionate
- bisubstrate
- staminate
- locellate
- teninucellate
- emendate
- semi-state
- asetate
- inpatriate
- copulate
- simulate
- unicostate
- bisulcate
- nonoperculate
- vicariate
- triradiate
- monocolpate
- cyclobranchiate
- biscutate
- heterogangliate
- parastriate
- foveate
- cuneate
- subumbonate
- revigorate
- eradiate
- trijugate
- farctate
- conglobate
- unappropriate
- pronate
- depurate
- abominate
- imperate
- sextuplicate
- tubulidentate
- primordiate
- biciliate
- substrate
- subdentate
- foveocanaliculate
- nonbursate
- stipulate
- meniscate
- subocellate
- eusporangiate
- asiphonate
- umbilicate
- cristate
- nondesperate
- anacolpate
- atelostomate
- confiscate
- polynucleate
- mammillate
- Persianate
- unextortionate
- foveolate
- preindesignate
- biauriculate
- angulaperturate
- antihate
- irradiate
- subpedunculate
- reanimate
- rhipidate
- etiolate
- nonchocolate
- globate
- radiate
- togate
- predominate
- disincorporate
- tenuinucellate
- zygobranchiate
- apophysate
- spiculate
- pulvinate
- hyperliterate
- multinodate
- muricate
- unguiculate
- dentate
- sacculate
- cupulate
- proboscidate
- hexadentate
- floriate
- binocellate
- subpennate
- accuminate
- megacorporate
- tricarpellate
- baccate
- multistaminate
- uneffeminate
- fucate
- nonliterate
- quadriarticulate
- discommensurate
- abbreviate
- acclinate
- miniporate
- trilabiate
- pileate
- cothurnate
- postbaccalaureate
- unidentate
- obliquicanaliculate
- caligate
- camerate
- resuscitate
- homovalvate
- indusiate
- propenultimate
- devirginate
- afoveate
- interparticulate
- scelerate
- trilaminate
- trisaccate
- tunicate
- umbonate
- spinate
- accumulate
- multistate
- subdiaconate
- opiate
- lunulate
- polyunsaturate
- fornicate
- delipidate
- angular-tubercate
- circinate
- tricaudate
- fenestrate
- trivariate
- conglutinate
- umbonulate
- prolifigate
- bipinnate
- nondeterminate
- vittate
- calyculate
- taenioglossate
- aristulate
- falculate
- muriculate
- deciduate
- scelidate
- circinnate
- trinervate
- propreantepenultimate
- binoculate
- aduncate
- patellate
- angulate
- septate
- inconsolate
- polyembryonate
- circummarginate
- transregionate
- immutate
- monocrurate
- involucellate
- nonaggregate
- verriculate
- discompassionate
- long-acuminate
- antiliterate
- incurvate
- conflate
- noncompassionate
- biseptate
- grate
- inaquate
- uninucleate
- denticulate
- laticostate
- patinate
- mitrate
- astomate
- involucrate
- unsedate
- biseriate
- subchelate
- zonate
- pistillate
- authenticate
- multijugate
- non-effeminate
- biserrate
- bullate
- guttate
- centromucronate
- biplicate
- latifoliate
- straticulate
- octoradiate
- pharate
- aspidate
- intemerate
- multinucleolate
- fœderate
- postnate
- abranchiate
- anastomotuberculate
- cruentate
- nervate
- dealate
- accelerate
- triclinate
- truncate
- foliate
- nasoturbinate
- defatigate
- quadricostate
- anticarbohydrate
- ungulate
- dëalate
- subsulcate
- renate
- multarticulate
- verrucate
- subsulculate
- downstate
- agglutinate
- angustate
- anticondensate
- exanimate
- triseriate
- corniculate
- lagenocanaliculate
- capreolate
- fissicostate
- angusticanaliculate
- tripinnate
- nonfoliate
- striate
- cineliterate
- scrobiculate
- fissidentate
- quadridentate
- tergeminate
- exannulate
- pterygiate
- quadridigitate
- antistate
- colorate
- consolidate
- quinquecostate
- lingulate
- angustifoliate
- coadunate
- indesignate
- cordate
- nidulate
- nonciliate
- nonproportionate
- quinquedentate
- graduate
- equilobate
- inconsummate
- pinnate
- condensate
- coordinate
- multungulate
- virgulate
- bursiculate
- accommodate
- calyptrate
- cancellate
- angustimurate
- infraspinate
- quinquedigitate
- expediate
- papilionate
- intercorporate
- triaperturate
- incontaminate
- stellate
- ecostate
- effrenate
- anticonglomerate
- jugate
- quate
- maxillate
- pignerate
- semianimate
- triliterate
- pinnatilobate
- flagellate
- pterygopalate
- quinquefoliate
- supererogate
- pentacoordinate
- exstipellate
- coördinate
- predebate
- octadentate
- reiterate
- overcompassionate
- echinate
- heterovalvate
- pignorate
- exstipulate
- multistriate
- gladiate
- quinquefoliolate
- subacuminate
- plurifoliolate
- multilaminate
- pterygoquadrate
- quadrifoliate
- subpinnate
- appendiculate
- undegenerate
- nonstate
- renunciate
- papillate
- medullate
- confarreate
- multiciliate
- uncoördinate
- discalceate
- biporate
- vascularate
- quadrifurcate
- quinquelobate
- ensate
- expediate
- monoporate
- sulphurate
- exarate
- triarticulate
- septenate
- create
- caducibranchiate
- anucleate
- feminate
- signate
- corrugate
- isidiate
- bicolligate
- bijugate
- disconjugate
- adæquate
- anucleolate
- sedecimarticulate
- exsufflicate
- aspirate
- multiovulate
- cuspidate
- opinionate
- exulcerate
- tricolpate
- imperforate
- consubstantiate
- cranioquadrate
- foliolate
- dextrogyrate
- volvate
- confœderate
- inferobranchiate
- forcipate
- overlate
- amygdalate
- exarillate
- improportionate
- monodentate
- complicate
- conterminate
- pencillate
- apportionate
- exarticulate
- selfconjugate
- sperate
- intraplate
- antifolate
- imaginate
- pluriliterate
- multipunctate
- binucleate
- quadrigeminate
- oblyrate
- impropriate
- ultradelicate
- invulnerate
- nonostiolate
- subadnate
- apocopate
- auspicate
- prejudicate
- geniculate
- multisubstrate
- myelinate
- uniflagellate
- vesiculate
- Latinate
- humanate
- circumsaccate
- clavate
- pertinate
- illuminate
- congregate
- binucleolate
- quaternate
- reverberate
- overpassionate
- materiate
- enervate
- areolate
- plurinucleate
- fissitunicate
- bipunctate
- subaduncate
- dorsibranchiate
- pluriovulate
- multisulcate
- jubate
- bicolpate
- gratulate
- distemperate
- machiolate
- even-pinnate
- Iranianate
- bipupillate
- quinqueseptate
- libristomate
- brevipennate
- graphicate
- disordinate
- interplate
- indevirginate
- aulate
- quadrijugate
- radicate
- acuate
- hemichordate
- coagulate
- tricoordinate
- trifoliolate
- flexicostate
- unifoliate
- preprobate
- deaurate
- geniculoextrastriate
- brevirostrate
- guttulate
- relegate
- retinogeniculate
- unifoliolate
- leptosporangiate
- obnubilate
- centuriate
- interungulate
- pedunculate
- transitive animate
- semiovate
- infoliate
- obtrullate
- acalymmate
- manicate
- all-state
- tetrabranchiate
- polylobate
- disconsolate
- odorate
- recurvate
- pinnulate
- fossulate
- acalyptrate
- induviate
- uncarnate
- uninervate
- nondeciduate
- stellulate
- papillulate
- clavellate
- obfuscate
- interlobate
- intoxicate
- monticulate
- pyxidate
- capistrate
- echinulate
- paracingulate
- cœlomate
- semipalmate
- trilobate
- columellate
- confederate
- inexpiate
- ulcerate
- rabiate
- precollegiate
- subcollegiate
- aculeolate
- hemicordate
- inaugurate
- Confederate
- achelate
- caudate
- amitochondriate
- unaccurate
- bitunicate
- nonfoveate
- tricorporate
- multiradiate
- preordinate
- limbate
- pentadentate
- antimagnate
- unsatiate
- nonsiphonate
- malleate
- midcingulate
- multiradicate
- dimidiate
- fasciate
- felicitate
- multiparticulate
- unordinate
- defecate
- state
- hyperarticulate
- inaurate
- nonclathrate
- oculate
- registrate
- tricostate
- iterate
- predentate
- disterminate
- accustomate
- acuminate
- trifurcate
- incoordinate
- sexdigitate
- infundibulate
- polycerate
- sociate
- pruinate
- desecrate
- inauspicate
- unaspirate
- multirate
- birostrate
- disaffectionate
- anticorporate
- incoronate
- situate
- biuncinate
- lamellate
- subtemperate
- cælibate
- birotate
- surrogate
- elasmobranchiate
- tristate
- biconjugate
- scopate
- crenate
- furcate
- obturbinate
- suffocate
- acuminulate
- claviculate
- in-state
- multiflagellate
- labellate
- lamellibranchiate
- quadrilobate
- tetracarpellate
- inebriate
- unsophisticate
- galeate
- boilerplate
- opisthobranchiate
- fasciculate
- præcipitate
- pedate
- clithridiate
- incorporate
- quadriloculate
- prostate
- biradiate
- ramotuberculate
- relevate
- hemidecorticate
- improvisate
- prostate
- subalternate
- obovate
- disaggregate
- hastate
- carpellate
- pænultimate
- trinucleate
- infuriate
- cornuate
- predesignate
- noncorporate
- calcarate
- empassionate
- pertusate
- excarnate
- deflorate
- uncinate
- crinate
- sorediate
- glochidiate
- rhabarbarate
- ebracteate
- Islamicate
- pro-state
- depauperate
- digitate
- obtusely umbonate
- ebracteolate
- intergeniculate
- peristriate
- impanate
- atomate
- cornucopiate
- unornate
- latipinnate
- participate
- peltate
- trigate
- pseudofissitunicate
- laccate
- obpandurate
- abrogate
- circumvallate
- excaudate
- monosaccate
- fimbriate
- uncincate
- costapalmate
- geminate
- depaurate
- dictyoseptate
- superaccurate
- retinulate
- tricurvate
- septimate
- commiserate
- quadrinate
- quintate
- subduplicate
- paraquadrate
- nonacetate
- infuscate
- sinuate
- mutilate
- predestinate
- notionate
- ecribellate
- third rate
- indeciduate
- fimbricate
- multiliterate
- unitunicate
- bicornuate
- quinate
- operculate
- tricuspidate
- subsinuate
- loricate
- costate
- perfoliate
- contiguate
- unseparate
- bicorporate
- cochleate
- extrastriate
- imparidigitate
- multipennate
- unnervate
- obumbrate
- aliterate
- ciliate
- microparticulate
- imparipinnate
- multiperforate
- lyrate
- magnicaudate
- cephalate
- uncate
- post-graduate
- frustrate
- pristinate
- de-alate
- brachiate
- rostellate
- elongate
- trioculate
- multilobate
- predeterminate
- bicostate
- quadrinucleate
- logamediate
- tectibranchiate
- emancipate
- perforate
- binate
- notobranchiate
- Ravennate
- noncondensate
- ostiolate
Note: these words have been obtained from Wiktionary and have been classified and improved through automated computer linguistics processes.