different between cerate vs curate

English

Etymology 1

From Latin c?r?tum, from c?ra (“wax”).

Noun

cerate (plural cerates)

1. (medicine, archaic or historical) An unctuous preparation for external application — mainly wax (or resin or spermaceti) mixed with oil, lard, and various medicinal ingredients — of a consistency between ointment and plaster, so that it can be spread upon cloth without the use of heat, but does not melt when applied to the skin.
2. (inorganic chemistry) The anion CeO₃^2- of cerium.

Translations

Anagrams

• & cetera, Cartee, create, creäte, ecarte, tracee, écarté

Italian

Adjective

cerate

1. feminine plural of cerato

Anagrams

• create, recate, tacere

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ke??ra?.te/, [ke???ä?t??]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /t??e?ra.te/, [t???????t??]

Verb

c?r?te

1. second-person plural present active imperative of c?r?

English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Medieval Latin c?r?tus, from Latin c?r?. Doublet of curato and curé.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?kj????t/, /-??t/
• (General American) enPR: kjo?o?r?t, IPA^(key): /?kj???t/

Noun

curate (plural curates)

1. An assistant rector or vicar.
2. A parish priest.

Derived terms

• curate's egg

Translations

Etymology 2

Back-formation from curator.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /kj????e?t/
• (General American) enPR: kjo?o-r?t?, kjo?o?r?t, IPA^(key): /kj???e?t/, /?kj??e?t/

Verb

curate (third-person singular simple present curates, present participle curating, simple past and past participle curated)

1. (transitive) To act as a curator for.

   She curated the traveling exhibition.

   They carefully curated the recovered artifacts.

2. (transitive) To apply selectivity and taste to, as a collection of fashion items or web pages.
3. (intransitive) To work or act as a curator.

   Not only does he curate for the museum, he manages the office and fund-raises.

Derived terms

• curated

Translations

See also

• curate on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• acture, acuter, cauter

Italian

Verb

curate

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

Anagrams

• teucra

Latin

Verb

c?r?te

1. second-person plural present active imperative of c?r?

References

• curate in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• curate in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette