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aurated

|au-rat-ed|

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/ˈɔːr.eɪtɪd/

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/ˈɔː.reɪ.tɪd/

(aurate)

made of or containing gold

Base Form	Plural	3rd Person Sing.	Past	Past Participle	Present Participle	Comparative	Superlative	Noun	Verb	Adjective	Adjective
aurate	aurates	aurates	aurated	aurated	aurating	more aurate	most aurate	aurate (noun: a gold-containing salt or ion)	aurate (verb: to make or coat with gold / to form an aurate)	aurate (adjective: golden; containing gold)	aurated

Etymology

Etymology Information

'aurated' (from base 'aurate') originates from Latin, specifically the word 'auratus', where 'aur-' (from 'aurum') meant 'gold'.

Historical Evolution

'auratus' in Late Latin ('auratus' meaning 'gilded' or 'made of gold') passed into New Latin/technical usage as 'auratus'/'aurate' and was borrowed into English as 'aurate' (adjective/noun/verb), with 'aurated' as the past participle/adjective form.

Meaning Changes

Initially, it meant 'gilded' or 'made of gold', and that core meaning has largely been retained; later it also gained a specialized chemical sense meaning 'containing gold' or 'in a gold-containing form'.

Meanings by Part of Speech

Verb 1

past tense or past participle form of 'aurate' (to coat or treat with gold; to form an aurate compound).

They aurated the ceremonial chalice before the festival.

Synonyms

gilded gold-platedgold-plated (as a verb: gild)

Antonyms

stripped deplated

Adjective 1

coated with or having the appearance of gold; gilded or gold-plated.

The statue was aurated to give it a luminous, ceremonial look.

Synonyms