curate.
An assistant rector or vicar.
Meaning & usage
An assistant rector or vicar.
A parish priest.
An assistant barman.
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).
To act as a curator for.
She curated the traveling exhibition.
They carefully curated the recovered artifacts.
To apply selectivity and taste to, as a collection of fashion items or web pages.
To work or act as a curator.
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).
An oxyanion of curium; any salt containing such an anion.
Where this word comes from
From cur(ium) + -ate.
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