A rare or obsolete verb meaning to supply with water, to irrigate, or to make aquatic; rarely used in modern English.
From Latin 'aqua' (water) plus the verb suffix '-ate,' creating a verb meaning to water or supply with water, though it never gained widespread usage.
Words like 'aquate' show how English speakers in the 1600s-1800s constantly experimented with Latinizing verbs—most failed, but 'aquate' is a linguistic ghost of that creative era!
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