different between prolate vs probate

English

Etymology

From Latin prolatum, past participle of proferre (“to extend, lengthen”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?p???.le?t/, /p????le?t/

Adjective

prolate (comparative more prolate, superlative most prolate)

1. Elongated at the poles.

   A cigar is a prolate spheroid.

Translations

Antonyms

• oblate

Related terms

• proffer

See also

• equidimensional

Verb

prolate (third-person singular simple present prolates, present participle prolating, simple past and past participle prolated)

1. (obsolete, transitive) To utter; to pronounce.
   • 1629, Ben Jonson, The New Inn

     Prolate it right.

Anagrams

• La Porte, LaPorte, Laporte, Platero, Portela, patrole

Latin

Participle

pr?l?te

1. vocative masculine singular of pr?l?tus

English

Etymology

From Middle English probate, from Latin probatus, past participle of probare (“to test, examine, judge of”); see probe, prove.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?p???be?t/
• (obsolete) IPA^(key): /?p???b?t/, /?p???b?t/
• Rhymes: -??be?t

Noun

probate (countable and uncountable, plural probates)

1. (law) The legal process of verifying the legality of a will.
2. (law) A copy of a legally recognised and qualified will.
3. Clipping of probate court.
4. (obsolete) proof

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Translations

Verb

probate (third-person singular simple present probates, present participle probating, simple past and past participle probated)

1. (transitive) To establish the legality of (a will).

Derived terms

Related terms

• probe
• probation
• prove

Translations

Further reading

• probate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• probate in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Danish

Adjective

probate

1. inflection of probat:
   1. definite singular
   2. plural

Latin

Verb

prob?te

1. second-person plural present active imperative of prob?