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Webster 1913 Edition


Pate


Paˊté′

,
Adj.
(Her.)
See
Patté
.

Paˊté′

,
Noun.
[F.
pâté
.]
1.
A pie. See
Patty
.
2.
(Fort.)
A kind of platform with a parapet, usually of an oval form, and generally erected in marshy grounds to cover a gate of a fortified place.
[R.]

Pate

,
Noun.
[Cf. LG. & Prov. G.
pattkopf
,
patzkopf
, scabby head;
patt
,
patz
, scab +
kopf
head.]
1.
The head of a person; the top, or crown, of the head.
[Now generally used in contempt or ridicule.]
His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violent dealing shall come down upon his own
pate
.
Ps. vii. 16.
Fat paunches have lean
pate
.
Shakespeare
2.
The skin of a calf’s head.

Webster 1828 Edition


Pate

PATE

,
Noun.
1.
The head, or rather the top of the head; applied to persons, it is now used in contempt or ridicule.
2.
The skin of a calf's head.
3.
In fortification, a kind of platform resembling what is called a horse shoe.

Definition 2024


paté

paté

See also: Appendix:Variations of "pate"

Danish

Alternative forms

Noun

paté c (singular definite patéen, plural indefinite patéer)

  1. pâté

Inflection


Italian

Etymology

French

Noun

paté m (invariable)

  1. pâté, pate

Spanish

Noun

paté m (plural patés)

  1. pâté, pate

Derived terms

  • paté de higado
  • paté de jamón