Words that are usually or only verbs (-ate is pronounced /eit/)
| abate accelerate accentuate accommodate accumulate activate aggravate alienate alleviate allocate ameliorate annihilate anticipate appreciate assassinate assimilate calculate celebrate circulate collaborate commemorate communicate compensate complicate concentrate confiscate congratulate congregate consolidate contaminate |
contemplate cooperate correlate corroborate culminate cultivate decorate dedicate delineate demonstrate denigrate designate deteriorate detonate devastate deviate differentiate discriminate disintegrate disseminate dissipate dominate educate elevate eliminate elucidate emigrate emulate eradicate escalate |
evacuate evaluate evaporate exacerbate exaggerate excavate extrapolate extricate fabricate facilitate fluctuate formulate frustrate generate germinate gravitate hesitate humiliate illuminate illustrate imitate implicate incorporate indicate infiltrate initiate innovate insulate integrate interrogate |
intimidate invalidate investigate irritate isolate legislate liberate manipulate marinate mediate meditate migrate mitigate motivate navigate necessitate negotiate nominate obliterate operate orchestrate originate overestimate overstate participate penetrate permeate perpetuate populate precipitate |
predominate proliferate propagate radiate reciprocate regulate reiterate rejuvenate renovate replicate repudiate resonate retaliate reverberate segregate simulate situate speculate stimulate stipulate substantiate suffocate terminate tolerate translate underestimate urinate validate vibrate violate |
Words that are usually or only adjectives (-ate is pronounced /ət/)
| accurate adequate affectionate celibate collegiate compassionate considerate |
corporate delicate desolate desperate fortunate illegitimate illiterate |
immaculate immediate inanimate inappropriate inarticulate indiscriminate |
intermediate intricate legitimate literate obstinate passionate |
profligate subordinate temperate ultimate unfortunate vertebrate |
Words that are usually or only nouns (-ate is pronounced /ət/)
| affiliate candidate carbonate certificate |
confederate conglomerate consulate directorate |
doctorate electorate expatriate |
laureate postgraduate protectorate |
surrogate syndicate undergraduate |
Words that can be either verbs (-ate = /eit/) or adjectives (-ate = /ət/)
| alternate animate appropriate |
approximate articulate |
degenerate deliberate |
elaborate intimate |
moderate separate |
Words that can be either verbs (-ate = /eit/) or nouns (-ate = /ət/)
| advocate |
coordinate |
delegate |
estimate |
graduate |
In conclusion, two words can be either verbs, adjectives or nouns —associate and duplicate— and two others can be either adjectives or nouns: aggregate and private.