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curate.

An assistant rector or vicar.

6 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈkjʊəɹət/Received-Pronunciation/-ɹɪt/Received-Pronunciation/ˈkjʊɹɪt/General-American
  1. An assistant rector or vicar.

  2. A parish priest.

  3. An assistant barman.

    Ireland
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Medieval Latin cūrātus (“one who has been curated, a curate”), a substantivation of the perfect passive participle of cūrō. Doublet of curato. Equivalent to cure + -ate (noun-forming suffix).

verb/kjʊəˈɹeɪt/Received-Pronunciation/kjʊˈɹeɪt/General-American/ˈkjʊɹeɪt/General-American
  1. To act as a curator for.

    transitive
    She curated the traveling exhibition.
    They carefully curated the recovered artifacts.
  2. To apply selectivity and taste to, as a collection of fashion items or web pages.

    broadly · transitive
  3. To work or act as a curator.

    intransitive
    Not only does he curate for the museum, he manages the office and fund-raises.
Where this word comes from

Back-formation from curator on the basis of -ate (verb-forming suffix).

noun
  1. An oxyanion of curium; any salt containing such an anion.

Where this word comes from

From cur(ium) + -ate.

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