DONATE

donate

(verb) give to a charity or good cause; “I donated blood to the Red Cross for the victims of the earthquake”; “donate money to the orphanage”; “She donates to her favorite charity every month”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

donate (third-person singular simple present donates, present participle donating, simple past and past participle donated)

(ambitransitive) To make a donation; to give away something of value to support or contribute towards a cause or for the benefit of another.

Anagrams

• Deaton, antode, atoned

Source: Wiktionary


Do"nate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Donated; p. pr. & vb. n. Donating.] Etym: [L. donatus, p. p. of donare to donate, fr. donum gift, fr. dare to give. See 2d Date.]

Definition: To give; to bestow; to present; as, to donate fifty thousand dollars to a college.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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