adiate

English

Etymology

Coined in the mid-19th century. Latin adīre+-ate, cf Dutch adiëren.

Verb

adiate (third-person singular simple present adiates, present participle adiating, simple past and past participle adiated)

  1. (South Africa, law) To receive an inheritance.
    • 1844, Hercules Tennant, The Notary's Manual: Containing: Instructions for the Notaries at the Cape of Good Hope:
      If he adiates, the adiation should take place unconditionally and without limitation of time.

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Italian

Verb

adiate

  1. second-person plural present subjunctive of adire

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