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Circa 1845, back-formation from donation on the basis of -ate (verb-forming suffix), chiefly found in American English. Ultimately from Latin dōnāre (“to give”).

donate (third-person singular simple present donates, present participle donating, simple past and past participle donated)

  1. (ambitransitive) To make a donation; to give away something of value to support or contribute towards a cause or for the benefit of another.
    She donates 100 dollars to Red Cross every year.
    He donated an etching from his own collection to the new art gallery.

to give away something of value

donate

  1. present adverbial passive participle of doni

donate

  1. inflection of donare:
    1. second-person plural present indicative
    2. second-person plural imperative

donate

  1. feminine plural of donato

dōnāte

  1. second-person plural present active imperative of dōnō

donate

  1. second-person singular voseo imperative of donar combined with te